Alexander Skarsgård has lavished praise on Charli XCX, following the pair working together on the forthcoming movie The Moment.
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Released on February 20 in the UK, the mockumentary follows a fictional version of the singer as she prepares to embark on the record-breaking ‘Brat’ tour. Directed by Aidan Zamiri, the film is made using a combination of real footage from the tour, interwoven with fictional backstage scenes. Skarsgård appears in the movie, and confessed to Variety that he was a fan of the star prior to meeting her.
“Secretly, quietly, on my little island in Sweden, I had a ‘brat summer,’” he said. “People always say, ‘Oh, I’m genuinely a fan,’” he added. “I told Charli after we shot the movie that when they sum up the year on Spotify, she was my No. 2 most-played artist of the year.”
When talking about working with her, he said: “What I love about Charli as an artist is that she is not afraid to show her own flaws and insecurities. That’s what makes her very brave.”
The feeling was mutual, with Charli XCX being quoted in the article as saying: “I had seen him in The Northman, in Infinity Pool and obviously in Lady Gaga’s ‘Paparazzi’ video, and it just seemed clear to me that he was a pretty fearless person who also had an understanding of pop culture and a great sense of humour — and I was totally right!”
The Moment is one of numerous film projects coming up for Charli XCX, including an acting role in forthcoming comedy-drama 100 Nights Of Hero. She has also written new music for Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.
Recently, she released the haunting new single ‘Wall Of Sound’ from the film, which you can listen to here.
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