Stellan Skarsgard on Working with Alexander in Melancholia

Don’t expect to see Stellan Skarsgard on True Blood any time soon. Although he did an arc on “Entourage”, which he considered a lot of fun, Skarsgard doesn’t feel he’s a good fit for television. “I’m not sure I’m the man to work that fast. I’m not a race car driver. I’m more of a watch maker,” he recently told the Collider‘s Christina Radish.

Stellan Skarsgard talked about his newest films about tho come out; one of them he co-stars with his son, Alexander. The film is “Melancholia” and “it starts with a wedding, with a lot of guests, and I’m only in the wedding, in the beginning, and then the film narrows down to fewer characters. I am actually my own son’s best man. My son, Alexander, is getting married to Kirsten Dunst, at the beginning, and I’m his best man and also Kirsten’s employer.”

When asked about working with Alexander, Stellan had this to say: “It’s fun. I’ve done it a couple of times. What’s fun is when you start talking about the scene and you realize how similar your ways of looking at the material is and how quick you come to a decision about what you want to do with it. Gustaf and Bill are now in L.A. Gustaf has this Peter Weir film (“The Way Back“) coming out now, and Bill is there promoting a Swedish film called “Simple Simon” that is the Swedish contribution to the Oscars this year. They’re very talented.”

Don’t count Stellan as a Truebie, though. “I’ve watched quite a few of the episodes. I’m not a big fan of that genre, so I haven’t seen them all. I saw everything of “Generation Kill” that he (Alexander) did before, which I thought was absolutely great. But, it’s well written and I understand that it’s very successful.”

To read more about what Stellan Skarsgard’s thoughts are about his son’s careers and Alexander’s ‘sex symbol’ status, head on over to Collider.com.