Comments on: Alexander Skarsgard No Longer In The Running For Thor?

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 23:57:45 +0000

Lydia: Right …except Chris Hemsworth is Australian, not British. And except it is an American film based on an American comic-book character. The British don’t really come into the equation beyond the culturally imperialistic ubiquity of the British accent for ‘old world’ characters.

Also, in hindsight, this article was way off the mark about the casting.

By: Lydia

Lydia — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:10:44 +0000

He was the perfect choice he was tall, blonde, and an actual Nordic (Swedish) and arguably a much better actors than the guy they went with i’m so damn sick of seeing these Brits play as our culture’s mythological characters its enough that they totally ripped off our mythology in most of their literature. This is culture theiving in its finest form. It started with Tolkien and continues today. We can’t get anything rightfully potrayed for us because the British are constantly stealing it.

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By: Amon Amarth

Amon Amarth — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:29:08 +0000

In response to Julissa, I don’t think that they are just looking at actors that are just tall (although in the Marvel index, Thor is listed as very very tall; between 6’6″ and in some 6’10″); so having a 5’10″ actor play Thor may not come across as believable with fickle Marvel fans (although it is interesting that Wolverine is indexed at 5’3″ tall and Hugh Jackman is 6’1″!?!?!?!. Getting a tall enough actor is going to be challenging enough since less than 1% of the population is over 6’2″!

I think they need to look at all attrubutes; including the ability to act well (please… no professional wrestlers!)
and most importantly hailing from a country in the Scandinavian Penninsula. I think Alex fits the part perfectly because not only does he have the look down; he is a real Swede (not Swedish-American).

Plus he has an excellent thespian pedigree in his genes; his father is the great thespian Skellan Skarsgaard (who just might make the perfect Odin!!).

“Under a winter sky, we stand glorious; when we have Odin on our side, we are victorious” SKOL!!!

By: FMiller

FMiller — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:13:10 +0000

Alex is PERFECT for this part! He’s incredibly suave, sexy, has amazing screen presence, and is the right build.

Alex BUFFED more would be the epitome of THOR.

Let’s hope he’s still a contender. I think Skarsgard is being coy with that comment…he’s good at dodging questions in interviews. I hope Branagh knows he’d be losing the best actor for this job. It would bring in the female movie goers if Skarsgard gets the job. He’s awesome!

Those of us who are big fans of Alex’s from TRUE BLOOD would flock to see him in the comic-book character. It’s the same targeted audience–and it’s a big one!

GO ALEX!

By: Rob Keyes

Rob Keyes — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:58:08 +0000

Charlie Hunnam now seems to be the a leading candidate for Thor now:

http://screenrant.com/charlie-hunnam-talks-thor-candidacy-rob-6918/

By: Martha

Martha — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:01:58 +0000

A. Skarsgard has many many fans already. They would be very smart to cast him as Thor.

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By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:53:45 +0000

Its probably going to be a complete unknown,
which isnt a bad thing.

By: Julissa

Julissa — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:16:35 +0000

I am so glad that he isn’t playing Thor!
I don’t like any of the candidates that they have! There has to be someone atleast close to perfect out there to play Thor!
They need to keep on looking and not just pick people just because they’re tall, there has to be more reason to the decision. So this is wonderful news!

By: Jago

Jago — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:16:29 +0000

it would be funny to see fabio as thor… For him to hit somebody hard enough with the hammer and for the blood to hit his lips… Then the classic punchline… ” I can’t believe its not butter”…. Lol.

By: Amon Amarth

Amon Amarth — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:41:44 +0000

Skarsgaard would have been a great choice. You MUST have a Scandinavian to play Thor! Sure Harnett, Mickey Rourke, Et al are great actors and are high profile; but Thor needs to be Scandivian. Not Scandinavian-American (such as myself); but a real Norseman from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, or even Iceland. Every avenue has their superhero, and to those of us who are of Nordic blood, Thor is our superhero. SKOL!!!!

By: Matt K

Matt K — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:18:58 +0000

Manowar,

i agree, i think it would be better for marvel to cast a real actor(not a wrestler) in the leading role

By: Manowar

Manowar — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:51:45 +0000

If I had a dollar for everytime some mentioned either Triple H or Kulich from 13th Warrior to play Thor…

Triple H is a Ham and as much as I loved Kulich in 13th Warrior (I actuially shed a tear during his Battle Prayer before the final battle) he is just to old and would not fit with the Avengers movie. He would make an awesome Odin though…

By: Reina

Reina — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:30:04 +0000

I don’t care that Vladimir Kulich would seem to old at this point to play the role. I think they should give him a shot at it and if he pulls it off (and despite age, I think he can), they should cast him. Kulich (Buliwyf in th 13th Warrior) has an even stronger, better look, demeanor, and persence for Thor than even Alexander S.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:29 +0000

Devastating news. I was really hoping that Skarsgard would have been Thor. I hope Marvel will reconsider their decision and let him become “The Mighty Thor!”

By: Daniel F

Daniel F — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:05:29 +0000

I would be happy, but the rest of the possibles on the list were so awful that all this does is make it so they may choose one of them.

By: Dell

Dell — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:30:27 +0000

Like Gordon says, he has the look but that’s not all that’s important. Getting the best actor is, not the one who naturally looks the most like the comic book character.