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Alexander Skarsgard Got ‘Shackled and Dragged’ on ‘Northman’ Set, Anya Taylor-Joy Acted in Frozen Mud Pit

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Zack Sharf Alexander Skarsgard experienced a serious case of whiplash during the making of Robert Eggers’ “The Northman,” in which he plays a 10th century Viking prince seeking revenge for the murder of his father.

Within the matter of a week, the Emmy-winning actor went from playing a tech billionaire in “Succession” Season 3 to getting dragged in the mud while on “The Northman” set.

Skarsgard told Total Film magazine that “The Northman” was “physically and mentally the most difficult job I’ve ever had.”“The days were really long and hard, and we were out in the mud, and up on these mountaintops with the wind and the cold,” Skarsgard said. “The week prior, I was working on the television show ‘Succession,’ on which I play a tech billionaire in a villa on Lake Como.

So I literally went from playing one of the richest dudes on the planet in a crazy, beautiful villa surrounded by yachts and helicopters and luxury, and got on a plane and flew to Iceland to get shackled and dragged through the mud.

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