Alexander Skarsgard says public airing of his Swedish meatballs for EIGHT HOURS is ‘tame.’ To be more specific, he compares American television to Swedish television. Well, he vaguely compares most European television to American television… and, penises aside, he sort of has a point (insofar as any American rip-offs of our shows are always diluted beyond recognition). The actor is promoting Straw Dogs, before the release of Transformers In The Water/ Battleships in between seasons of True Blood. He’s on the November 2011 cover of OUT Magazine, talking about the hypocritical criticism True Blood receives in America. ‘[True Blood is] very tame, by Swedish standards,’ he said. ‘That always strikes me as weird, because parents in the States freak out if their kids see a nipple or a butt cheek, but, at the same time, they’re OK with their kids watching people bash each other’s heads in with baseball bats. In interviews in the U.S. all people want to talk about is nudity. If it makes sense as a scene, I’ll do it. I don’t even think about it.’ Photos and more from his interview, below.
