Stellan Skarsgård is a Swedish actor who has been working since he was a teenager. He started with Swedish TV shows, moving to films, before finally transitioning to Hollywood projects. Now, Skarsgård is one of the most talented actors in the industry, with an impressive filmography to his name.
Currently, he is playing the menacing Baron Vladimir Harkonnen in Dune: Part Two, and fans have been praising his work in the movie.
Skarsgård made his entry to the American film industry in 1985 with Noon Wine. But before that, he had already made a name for himself in Swedish and Danish movies. Having worked with prolific filmmakers in his career like Lars von Trier and Hans Petter Moland, his movies have top-notch storytelling and performances. And that has won the actor numerous awards throughout his career. But his first foray into acting almost got to his head.
Stellan Skarsgård Almost Let The Fame Get To Him
At 16 years of age, like many other young boys in Sweden, Stellan Skarsgård also decided to audition for a TV show named Bombi Bitt och jag. He played the titular character of Bombi Bitt and gained immense popularity instantly. As shared by the actor himself with Vanity Fair, if it weren’t for his parents, the fame could have ‘broken’ him.
“There was only one channel in Sweden at the time, can you imagine? One TV channel. That means that everybody sees it. Everybody knows about it.”
He further said,
“I became like a pop star. And I was only 16. And there were girls were fainting and screaming. And it was a kind of experience that would have broken me if I hadn’t had such good parents. Because they made sure to bring me down.”
Skarsgård’s portrayal of Bombi Bitt earned him both name and fame, and becoming an overnight sensation, he was regarded as a rising star in the Swedish industry.
Stellan Skarsgård Gets Menacing in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two was just released in theatres, and fans can’t praise it enough. With a 97% Tomatometer reading, the Denis Villeneuve directorial seems to be aiming high after the success of Dune: Part One. Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, and Stellan Skarsgård are joined by new faces in Part Two, including Florence Pugh, Austin Butler, and Christopher Walken.
Stellan Skarsgård plays the role of the greedy Baron, the head of House Harkonnen. After marginally escaping death in Dune: Part One, he is more menacing than ever, out for the blood of House Atreides, his enemies. And this time, he has his nephew Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen – played by the ever talented Austin Butler, who goes toe to toe against Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides.
Dune: Part Two is available for watching in theatres worldwide.
