{"id":181254,"date":"2025-12-13T03:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T03:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/181254\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T03:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T03:11:09","slug":"alexander-skarsgard-admits-he-joined-the-swedish-military-at-19-years-old-to-find-his-own-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/181254\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Skarsgard Admits He Joined the Swedish Military at 19 Years Old to Find His \u2018Own Path\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd didn\u2019t want to be a nepo baby!<\/p>\n

In a new joint interview with Variety<\/a>, Alexander\u2019s<\/a> actor dad, Stellan, asked the True Blood alum if he joined the Swedish Army at 19 years old \u201cin opposition to me, to provoke me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking back, I don\u2019t think it was an act of rebellion against you,\u201d Alexander, 49, insisted in the story, published on Friday, December 12. \u201cBut coming from a bohemian family, I was like, I want to find my own path.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Fred Dugit\/PHOTOPQR\/LE PARISIEN\/MAXPPP\/Newscom\/The Mega Agency<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most extreme contrast would be to go into the military,\u201d continued the star, who served in an anti-terrorism unit<\/a> for 18 months in the Stockholm archipelago. \u201cSo it wasn\u2019t a conscious \u2018F**k you, Dad\u2019 thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Dune actor\u2019s response? \u201cI felt f**ked,\u201d he said, describing himself as a \u201cmilitary evader.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re a tremendous actor, father, because I never felt that,\u201d the Northman star \u2014 who is the eldest of Stellan\u2019s six children with first wife My \u2014 marveled, before asking how Stellan got out of service, which was mandatory in Sweden when the elder Skarsg\u00e5rd came of age.<\/p>\n

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Lisa OConnor\/ AFF-USA.COM \/ MEGA<\/p>\n

The Andor alum, 74, explained that he asked a friend who worked at a rehab center to \u201cwrite a letter to the draft board saying, \u2018If you feel that Skarsg\u00e5rd is fit for military service, keep him under special surveillance because he might influence other kids. He smokes hashish,\u2019\u201d he recounted.<\/p>\n

\u201cFour hours later, I got a message from the draft: \u201cDon\u2019t come here. Don\u2019t go near us,\u201d Stellan added.<\/p>\n

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