Alexander Skarsgård, dad Stellan team up for SNL…
It’s a Skarsgård takeover at Studio 8H.
Alexander Skarsgård made his “Saturday Night Live” internet hosting debut this weekend on the 1,000th episode of the NBC collection and was joined his father Stellan Skarsgård for two sketches.
In the first, which mocked Stellan’s Oscar-nominated film “Sentimental Value,” Alexander, 49, and Chloe Fineman play Swedish siblings grieving their ailing father, who seems to be performed by Stellan, 74.
Alexander Skarsgård on “SNL.” SNL
Stellan Skarsgård on “SNL.” SNL
As the brother-sister duo go to the toilet to say goodbye to their dad, Stellan reveals himself in the bathtub and shares a big household secret.
“Hello my children. I want to apologize to you,” Stellan says. “I become a stone around your necks.”
“All these years you’ve hated me or flinging your mother off the dock. But the truth is, she flung herself,” Stellan tells a shocked Alexander and Fineman, 37. “I wanted to protect you from the truth.”
The “Andor” actor explains that the mother killed herself because she “just didn’t like” their children, who are in disbelief over his confession.
Alexander Skarsgård, Chloe Fineman and Stellan Skarsgård on “SNL.” SNL
Alexander Skarsgård, Chloe Fineman and Stellan Skarsgård during an “SNL” skit on Jan. 31. SNL
“But now it’s time to drown myself in this tub, so I will no longer have to smell the stench of a family,” Stellan says, asking the youngsters to maintain his hand as he goes underwater.
But Stellan then ruins the take by revealing he’s sporting an Incredible Hulk prop glove and yelling, “Prank!”
In the second sketch called “Immigrant Dad Show,” Stellan exhibits up again as Alexander’s father.
But this time, Alexander shares a story at a local neighborhood chat about the time he and his dad once by accident touched kneecaps.
Alexander Skarsgard and Stellan Skarsgard at “The Avengers” premiere in April 2012. FilmMagic
“Tell no one of this,” Alexander said he was told at the time.
Stellan then immediately exhibits up and tells Alexander, “I told you to tell no one of this!”
As Alexander apologizes, Stellan yells, “The shame is yours! Live with it.”
Stellan and Alexander Skarsgard pose for a photograph during the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. Getty Images for 2019 Tribeca Film Festival
Stellan Skarsgård, Alexander Skarsgård at Lionsgate Golden Globes Party in January 2020. Getty Images
Stellan was not too long ago nominated for his first Academy Award for enjoying a father who reunites with his estranged daughters in “Sentimental Value.”
“My wife’s a little teary,” Stellan told The Wrap last month after his Oscar nom. “And my youngest son just shouted, ‘Congratulations, Dad.’ So I got support of my family.”
Stellan Skarsgard, Elle Fanning in “Sentimental Value.” Kasper Tuxen /© Neon / Courtesy Everett Collection
Alexander, who was in Oscar competition for his function as a biker in a BDSM relationship with a younger man in “Pillion,” had a hilarious response to his dad’s nomination.
“I felt like I could take that motherfucker down… Life was f—ing great,” the “Big Little Lies” actor said at Sundance Film Festival last week. “I was riding high.”
“I didn’t win a British Independent Film Awards. I didn’t win a Gotham. I wasn’t nominated for anything else. Dad was just nominated for an Oscar,” Alexander continued with a smile. “So my self esteem’s has been on the bottom. I started feeling like, what’s the point if you’re not going to be nominated and win awards?”
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