Alexander Skarsgård Explains How True Blood Prepared Him for Murderbot

From Chris and Paul Weitz, the minds behind About A Boy and American Pie, comes a new Apple TV+ sci-fi comedy riff on the future of androids in Murderbot. The show starring Alexander Skarsgård adds another cold and ruthless killer to the actor’s resume of heartless roles, but with one hiccup. This Murderbot just doesn’t get the appeal of its job: to murder. “All it ends up doing is procrastinating,” Skarsgård told Vanity Fair about the concept based on The Murderbot Diaries from author Martha Wells. “It just doesn’t get humans at all,” Skarsgård explained. “It’s not a deep hatred, it’s just zero amount of curiosity. It’s confused by humans and wants to get away from them.” Which, let’s be real, is relatable content if you too get hyper-fixated on the eternal search for meaning. And it’s not the first time Skarsgård has portrayed an eternally searching but inhuman character. On HBO’s True Blood, the actor played the playfully charming and chilling vampire Eric Northman, who he likened ... Read full article.