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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Taylor Swift's Rumored Romance Confirmed Whether ‘Wildest Dreams' Is Really About Him: ‘I'm Going to Be Honest…'
It's one of the theories that left Swifties stumped. Alexander Skarsgård got real about the Taylor Swift song that everyone thinks is about him. The rumor resurfaced when Skarsgård appeared on Dax Shepard's podcast Armchair Expert. 'This one's gonna be tough for you,' Dax said, before diving into an explanation that he told his and Kristen Bell's kids that 'Wildest Dreams' was written for him. 'And then in my f—king research today, I read that the song's about you!' he said to the True Blood star.' I have to kill you! You can't exist because I told my children that song's about me. More from StyleCaster Travis Kelce Compares Himself to a 'Hooker' in His Relationship With Taylor Swift-'I'm Wearing Nothing...' The Glitter Freckle Brand Taylor Swift Wore Is Available on Amazon-& on Sale for $14 Skarsgård responded, 'Wait, she saw you in the audience. She's like, 'I'm going to sing this song.' Like, maybe it is about you. I wasn't in the crowd in Lisbon. I wasn't there so it was clearly about you.' He also talked about how the intensity of Swift's fanbase affected him to not answer whether 'Wildest Dreams' was about him. However, he respects the singer and her fan base. 'Aren't we all? We're all Swifties,' Skarsgård said. Related: Taylor Swift's Ex-Boyfriends Are Incomparable to Travis Kelce—Take a Look at Her Long List of Ex-Lovers 'I'm going to be honest. I wrote the lyrics of that song myself,' the actor joked. ''Hey Taylor, here's what you should say!' A lot of people can be bad but can't do it well.' Swift and Skarsgård were speculated to be dating in 2013 when they both starred in the film The Giver. What added fuel to the fire on the rumor mill was when the Lover singer released the music video for 'Wildest Dreams.' In the video, Swift donned black hair like she did in her role of Rosemary in the film. The love interest in the video looked similar to Skarsgård, depending on who you're asking. However, the two never confirmed their romance. Shepard gushed and emphasized that 'the line' from the 1989 song was 'He's so bad, but he does it so well.' To which Skarsgård explained, 'A lot of people can be bad, but can you do it well? You cannot do it well.' Swift has written a lot of songs about her lovers like Joe Jonas ('Forever and Always') and Jake Gyllenhaal ('All Too Well'). A bulk of her songs from her recent album The Tortured Poets Department are about her romances with Joe Alwyn, Matty Healy, and her current beau Travis Kelce. Will we ever find the real subject of 'Wildest Dreams?' Time can only tell. Best of StyleCaster The 26 Best Romantic Comedies to Watch if You Want to Know What Love Feels Like These 'Bachelor' Secrets & Rules Prove What Happens Behind the Scenes Is So Much Juicier BTS's 7 Members Were Discovered in the Most Unconventional Ways Solve the daily Crossword
Express Tribune
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Alexander Skarsgård reacts to theory that Taylor Swift's song is based on him
Alexander Skarsgård has finally responded to speculation that Taylor Swift's 2014 song Wildest Dreams is based on their brief time together. While appearing on the Armchair Expert podcast, host Dax Shepard brought up a running joke with his daughter about the song and mentioned that many Swifties believe Wildest Dreams is about Skarsgård. Shepard asked, 'Do you have the same fear to either acknowledge or deny that that could be true because the power of the Swifties is so strong, you just don't even want to talk about it?' Skarsgård replied simply, 'Yeah.' He then added, 'It's about Brad Pitt,' followed by, 'I wrote the lyrics to that song myself and sent it to Taylor.' Fans have theorised for years that Wildest Dreams draws inspiration from Swift's time filming The Giver in South Africa in 2013, where she and Skarsgård were seen together. In the video for Wildest Dreams, released in 2015, Swift portrays a brunette actress entangled in a romantic film set in Africa, paralleling real-life details from her time with Skarsgård. While Taylor Swift has never confirmed the song's subject, she is known for embedding hints and coded messages in her lyrics. Over the years, her fans have grown adept at decoding lyrical Easter eggs.
Elle
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
All That's Known About Alexander Skarsgård and Girlfriend Tuva Novotny's Very Private Love Story
THE RUNDOWN Alexander Skarsgård is known for playing enigmatic, unpredictable characters—from Eric Northman in True Blood to Lukas Matsson in Succession. When it comes to his real life, the award-winning actor prefers to keep things quiet. That discretion extends to his relationship with Swedish actress and director Tuva Novotny. While it's unclear when exactly they started dated, the pair was first romantically linked in 2022 and have since welcomed a child. Skarsgård confirmed the news of his baby in March 2023 after he was seen out with his firstborn in November 2022. Below, everything to know about Novotny, Skarsgård's partner and mother of his child. Novotny, 45, began acting professionally at age 16 , but her exposure to the arts started far earlier. 'I wasn't pushed; I was inspired,' she told Vogue Scandinavia in 2024, recalling how she directed plays with her siblings and grew up immersed in music, painting, and theater. Since then, she has racked up an extensive list of acting credits, including roles in Eat Pray Love, Annihilation, and more. She's also made a name for herself behind the camera. Her film Blind Spot (2018) explored mental health and family trauma. The project—the first film she has directed—earned her the New Talent Grand Prix at Copenhagen's CPH PIX Festival that year. 'Blind Spot refers to what we don't see in our everyday life,' Novotny said in a 2018 interview with the Golden Globes. 'Where we can be surprised about what is going on in people's lives, where they go around smiling and pretending that everything is fine, and they are actually having a very difficult time. That is the blind spot that I am referring to.' Novotny had built up directing experience before doing the project, working in TV: 'I always knew I wanted to direct, but I wanted to make sure that I was [ready] for it,' she explained. 'Ten years ago, some friends of mine asked if I could direct a few episodes of a Norwegian TV series, and they brought me onto their next project. This was very good as a self-esteem enhancer. And after those TV series, I decided that either I do TV for the rest of my life or it is now that I decide to do my own things. I took a year off and started writing a couple of scripts. [I] wrote a series for a Norwegian channel so it kind of happened organically but also at a point where I felt it was the right moment.' She went on to direct more films: Britt-Marie Was Here (2019) and Diorama (2022). 'After Blind Spot and Britt Marie Was Here, I felt safer about directing small or bigger-budget movies and taking on new creative challenges,' Novotny told Variety in 2019. Novotny is the daughter of Czech director and writer David Jan Novotný and Swedish actress and artist Barbro Hedström. Though Novotny's early exposure to the creative world was significant, she told Vogue Scandinavia that her career path felt natural. 'The apple doesn't fall far from the tree,' she said. In April 2022, Novotny appeared pregnant at the Swedish ELLE Fashion Awards, though she did not publicly confirm the news at the time. Months later in November, the couple was photographed in New York City pushing a stroller, adding fuel to speculation they welcomed their first child. While at the Succession season 4 premiere in March 2023, Skarsgård confirmed the news to Entertainment Tonight, saying, 'Thank you very much,' when congratulated. He then held up a stuffed animal he had just been gifted, adding, 'I got this on the red carpet.' A few days later, he offered a more specific confirmation to Swedish outlet Aftonbladet, revealing that they had a baby boy. 'We have a son who is eight months old now,' Skarsgård said. In a May 2025 interview with The Times, Skarsgård reflected on how parenthood changed his lifestyle. 'It's been an adjustment for someone who's a selfish asshole like myself,' he said. ''I'm so used to being able to go somewhere on a whim, take a job, like, 'Oh, seven months in the Kalahari Desert? No problem.' Now your priorities obviously change, and you have to take other people's needs into consideration. It takes a lot more planning to make it work because I still love to work, but it's about finding that balance.'' He also referenced his role in helping to raise Novotny's children from a previous relationship: 'I have two teenage stepdaughters, so it's not like they can come with me and be out of school for six months.' Despite her extensive resumé, Novotny tends to avoid media attention. 'I don't see myself as a public person,' she said in her 2024 Vogue Scandinavia profile. 'For many years, I wouldn't do interviews; I wouldn't watch my own stuff.' She added, 'My job is public and then what I do outside of work is super private.' Vogue Scandinavia wrote that Novotny previously had an Instagram account for work but has since deleted it. Novotny has spoken about balancing her creative ambitions with motherhood. 'It's super important that you keep yourself intact, and that's difficult being a parent,' she told Vogue Scandinavia. Noting that she has 'always worked through parenthood,' Novotny added, 'Work for me is a place where I feel inspired and I meet people—there's that social aspect. Bringing that back home is a good thing for parenting—for me, at least. Only being a parent sometimes can be claustrophobic.' She also acknowledged the changes in the industry since she began acting as a teenager in the '90s. 'It was a different time,' she said. 'It was sexy times, and they wanted me to be sexy.'
USA Today
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Alexander Skarsgård says he retired from acting at 13 after early fame: 'It was rough'
Alexander Skarsgård revealed how his first taste of fame as a teenage TV star in Sweden turned him off from acting for years. The "True Blood" alum, 48, opened up on the July 21 episode of the "Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard" podcast about feeling "incredibly self-conscious" after his breakout role in the 1989 Swedish movie "Hunden som log." "It was rough. I didn't like being recognized. I didn't like going to school and kids at school being like, 'I saw the movie!'" Skarsgård told Shepard and cohost Monica Padman. "My confidence was down the drain." He continued: "I was like, 'This is terrible. And I've (only) done one 50-minute made-for-TV movie. I don't want to keep doing this.'" That was nearly the end of his acting career, which has since seen Skarsgård earn Emmy and Golden Globe awards. "I retired, threw in the towel at 13," he added. Alexander Skarsgård on his first role: 'Classic case of nepotism' Skarsgård first acted as a 7-year-old in 1984's "Ake and His World." This happened due to a "classic case of nepotism," he admitted on the podcast, explaining that his dad's friend, the late actor and director Allan Edwall, offered him the gig. Skarsgård's father is Stellan Skarsgård – of "Good Will Hunting," "Mamma Mia!" and "Dune" fame – and three of his seven younger siblings – brothers Gustaf, Bill, and Valter Skarsgård – are also actors. "Even though my dad was an actor, my younger brother, from when he was like 5, 6, he was adamant about 'I'm going to be an actor.' And I wasn't," Skarsgård said on the podcast. "I'd done a couple of odd jobs here and there, but it wasn't like I was pursuing it." "It wasn't a difficult decision," he explained of quitting acting as a teen. "I was like, 'I don't want to be an actor; I just want to drive a Saab. So I just kind of stopped doing it." He went in the opposite direction from his "bohemian" parents and eventually enlisted in the Swedish Navy. 'Stupid choice': Alexander Skarsgård regrets painful 'Murderbot' full body waxing "My teenage years, (I was) adamant about not following Dad and becoming an actor," Skarsgård said. He'd thought at the time: "You know what? I'm going to go off and be out all on my own on an island in the archipelago far from all the Skarsgårds," he said, adding: "And I hated it. I don't recommend doing it." He later continued: "You don't want to have to join the military for a year and a half to get independent. I don't recommend it." 'Zoolander' got Alexander Skarsgård back into acting Skarsgård briefly attended New York City's Marymount Manhattan College and then returned to Stockholm, where he worked "odd jobs" at a coffee shop, a clothing store, and as a busboy. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he booked several Swedish TV shows and movies. He found his way to Hollywood when another opportunity landed in his lap courtesy of his famous father. His father's manager sent him out to an audition for "Zoolander," Skarsgård said. "And I booked that baby." "I was just like, 'Oh, I guess this is how Hollywood works. You walk into a room and Ben Stiller's sitting there and you're like, all right!'" he joked.
Express Tribune
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
HBO Max announces 'It: Welcome to Derry' series, release details
HBO's It: Welcome to Derry, the prequel series to the It films, is set for release in October, as confirmed by the streaming platform. The series, which serves as an origin story for Pennywise the Clown, is set 27 years before the events of the first It movie. The show brings back Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise, alongside an ensemble cast including Taylour Paige, Chris Chalk, Jovan Adepo, and James Remar. Skarsgård also serves as an executive producer for the series, which is based on Stephen King's It universe. Produced by HBO Max and Warner Bros. Television, Welcome to Derry consists of nine episodes and is developed by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, and Jason Fuchs. The series draws from the interludes in King's novel, exploring Pennywise's history of reappearing after every catastrophic event. Director Andy Muschietti shared that the show will be "told backward," with each season set in a different time period—season one in 1962, season two in 1935, and season three in 1908. The series will be featured at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, where fans can get an exclusive sneak peek. A new key art poster has been revealed, and event activities include Pennywise-inspired pedicabs and sweets in the Gaslamp Quarter. Additionally, Skarsgård shared insights into his return to the role, stating that he enjoyed revisiting Pennywise and teasing "cool stuff" fans haven't seen before. It: Welcome to Derry promises a darker, more intense version of Pennywise, with Skarsgård assuring fans that the horror is just as hardcore as in the films. The show will also delve into Pennywise's backstory, offering a deeper look into the character's sinister origins.
