That sense of being an outsider and trying to fit in or finding your home and your place in the world-it’s interesting to explore that. He looks like people around him, but he also doesn’t fit in there either. Then he goes to London and it’s kind of the same. He’s adopted by these apes, and even though emotionally he’s an equal and he’s loved, he can feel that he’s different. In a way, he’s lost between two worlds, he doesn’t fit in. How might that resonate with the LGBT community? Q: The Legend of Tarzan is, in part, about making your own family. People that know someone close that they love who is homosexual or bisexual are more likely to sympathize with people in the LGBT community. And I think a lot of the xenophobia and fear comes from that, from not having a personal connection. Q: That kind of personal relationship can change everything for somebody.Ī: I agree. I just couldn’t understand how that could be an insult. It just baffled me because my idol, my godfather, was gay, and he was the coolest guy I knew. When I became a teenager and the kids made fun of other teenagers who were gay, I never really understood that. I thought he was really badass: fit and awesome and cool, and obviously not because he was gay. So, when I was a kid, he was the one I looked up to. He was, by far, out of my father’s four siblings (Alexander’s father is actor Stellan Skarsgård), the most fashionable and the most trendy, cool guy. My aunt would show up with her husband and my uncle would show up with his husband. It’s always been the most natural thing to me because my uncle and godfather is a gay man and so growing up, even as a little toddler, it was just as natural as being straight.
I’ve always been… I don’t know how to answer that question, but thank you. Q: So, I don ’ t know if you know this, but gay men love you.Ī: Well, I don’t know. “Exactly! I do all my boners in loinclothes.”Īnd that’s just the beginning of our revealing conversation, which leads to all sorts of places: being poisoned by Lady Gaga, how other straight men should approach a gay sex scene (“dive in”), and why-after giving us his best Farrah Fawcett impersonation last year-shooting The Legend of Tarzan “was nothing compared to that night in drag.”
The 39-year-old True Blood alum beams, cracking up. “Phoners or… ?” I ask, hinting at the obvious rhyme.
“I’m actually wearing it right now,” teases Skarsgård, joking about the brouhaha regarding this Tarzan’s more civilized article of clothing as he portrays the jungle warrior in Warner Bros.’ new take on a classic tale. Farrah FawcettĪlexander Skarsgård sure knows how to offset the uproar over his missing loincloth in The Legend of Tarzan.
The original show certainly wasn’t shy when it came to gay content, from its crafting the fantastic character of Lafayette to giving the gays what they wanted with Alexander Skarsgard’s full frontal scene.The True Blood Actor also talks Tarzan vs. As the show continued, its supernatural aspect expanded to include other fantasy beings: werewolves, fairies, witches and more.Īfter hearing news of a True Blood reboot, we can’t help but wonder how the new True Blood will represent LGBTQ characters. As for the story, it followed a waitress living in the American South named Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), who found herself suddenly neck-deep in the world of vampires. The show ran on HBO from 2008-2014 for seven seasons.
The original show was based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries novel series by Charlaine Harris. Aguirre-Sacasa and O’Brien will also write the script for the True Blood reboot. Original series creator and showrunner Alan Ball has signed on to executive produce the project with Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa ( Riverdale, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and Jami O’Brien ( NOS4A2) joining him. According to Variety, HBO is in the early development phase of a True Blood reboot.