Bill Skarsgård drops out of new movie co-starring his brother due to scheduling conflict
IT star Bill Skarsgård has revealed that he's had to drop out of Robert Eggers' upcoming film project The Northman due to scheduling conflicts caused by the ongoing pandemic.
The movie would have marked Bill's first film appearance with his brother, True Blood star Alexander Skarsgård, in 20 years, having previously starred together in 2000's White Water Fury.
But speaking to Collider about his new Netflix film The Devil All the Time, Bill admitted that he's no longer involved with The Northman, calling it a "big shame".
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"No, unfortunately," Bill replied when asked if he was still working on the project.
"It's been a scheduling nightmare during COVID. It is what it is. It's a big shame. Eggers is one of the great filmmakers out there and working with my brother… I don't want to talk about it, it's going to make me burst into tears."
The Northman is set in Iceland at the turn of the 10th century, and stars Alexander Skarsgård as Nordic prince Amleth, who seeks revenge after his father is murdered.
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Nicole Kidman, Willem Dafoe and Anya Taylor-Joy are also set to star in the film, which will be directed by The Witch and The Lighthouse's Eggers and based on a screenplay he co-wrote with Icelandic poet Sjón.
Meanwhile, Bill can be seen in Netflix's The Devil All the Time in which he stars as Willard Russell, the father of Arvin (later played by Spider-Man's Tom Holland).
Speaking to Digital Spy about Antonio Campos' adaptation of the Donald Ray Pollock novel, Bill opened up about the "brutal violence" of the film, and reflected on his character's journey.
"I was lucky enough to shoot pretty much all of my scenes consecutively... That was very helpful to finding where Willard is in any given moment and how he changes, what he goes through, and when does he become more desperate," Bill said.
"And in becoming more desperate, more manic and potentially more dangerous for Arvin."
The Devil All the Time is available on Netflix now.
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