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Robert Eggers has previously said that he never wanted to make a Viking movie. It wasn’t until he traveled to Iceland in 2015 that he began to see the beautiful landscapes and do research into Viking lore.
Luckily for him, Alexander Skarsgård was itching to be involved in such a movie, and the two decided to collaborate. With the help of Icelandic author and poet Sjón, Eggers crafted The Northman, a historically accurate tale of honor, revenge and extreme violence that hit theaters in April.
The Northman follows Amleth (Skarsgård), a Viking prince who watches the brutal murder of his father King Aurvandil War-Raven (Ethan Hawke) and the kidnapping of his mother Queen Gudrún (Nicole Kidman), both at the hands of his uncle Fjölnir (Claes Bang).
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