Irish A-lister Michael Fassbender made quite the wise-crack about his relationship with wife Alicia Vikander – and it’s clear who wears the trousers
Irish A-lister Michael Fassbender, aka Magneto in the X Men franchise, has revealed why he signed up with his other half Alicia Vikander for out-there new alien flick, Hope.
“My wife made me do it!” he laughed, speaking to the Mirror and other journalists in Cannes about upcoming sci-fi flick Hope, by acclaimed South Korean director Na Hong-jin.
Possibly one of the craziest films to be shown at the French festival to date, Fassbender was joined by his Swedish wife Vikander, with whom he shares two children, the director and co-star Taylor Russell – Harry Style’s former flame.
The big-budget film is part gritty survival story and part sci-fi mythology, with Fassbender, Vikander and Russell all playing CGI aliens who are invading earth.
Asked why they signed up for the unique project, Vikander said she became interested in Korean cinema after attending the Busan Film Festival at the start of her career.
“I just fell in love with Asian cinema,” she said, adding that she attempted to work with Na on another project, but it never saw the light of day – until he “reached out two or three years later and said, ‘I have some aliens.’”
She added, “I was intrigued. I didn’t think, I said yes! I think director Na is incredible, such a visionary, and I felt very honoured to be part of his film.”
Fassbender, who lives with Vikander and their brood in Lisbon, Portugal, then joked of signing up as well, “Alicia told me to do it.”
“He listens to me!” she responded, leading to peels of laughter throughout the room.
Canadian actress Russell, 31, who rose to prominence in Netflix science fiction series Lost in Space, said it was Vikander that told her about the project, but she had been wanting to make a foreign film for a while.
“The dream is to be able to work in a different country on foreign, to me, language films and to work with an auteur. And director Na is an auteur who makes incredible cinema,” she said.
“It is kind of beyond a dream to think of — I wouldn’t even cast myself in any of his films because it feels inconceivable, so when the call came, you made me laugh the entire time I talked to you, so it made me think this would be a fun ride,”
The star, who dated Styles for around a year in 2023, added, “It would be great to do more Korean films, and maybe speak Korean as well in the future.”
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