For starters, hes the game-changingStar Wars hero Luthen Rael on Andor.
As Erik Selvig, he helped Thoracross multiple Marvel movies.
He basically said you went through hell and everyone was very respectful of that.
The Baron is in.Image: Warner Bros.
Would you agree with that description?
Stellan Skarsgard: I went through hell, yeah.
But it was a very friendly hell.
The Baron with his nephew, Feyd.Image: Warner Bros.
And there were some of the best people in the business, prosthetics.
So I had a great time at the same time.
io9: Okay, good.
Stellen as Luthen on Andor.Image: Lucasfilm
Glad to hear that.
Were you ever worried, or did you ever think, that Part Two would not happen?
Because obviously, it was a gamble when Denis and Warner Bros. made the first one.
Image: Warner Bros.
And he has loved this project [for a] very long [time].
Hes carried it since his childhood.
So the first one would be good, then if it would be a commercial successwe dont know.
io9: Well, thankfully, everybody gets to see this one in the theater.
And theyre going to see a Baron pretty set in his ways.
But I didnt really make a psychological character the way you do sometimes.
I mean, I dont deal with the finer psychology of him.
Hes supposed to be a mystery to some point and to be menacing.
And you dont know why.
io9: Over your career, you worked with so many incredible filmmakers.
Skarsgard: Good filmmakers, they are unique because theyre unique people.
And theyre all different.
Different characters, different temperaments.
And Denis has a very lovely and sweet temperament, and its a nice set to be on.
Theres nobody screaming and everybodys professional.
They do what they have to do.
And you have a lot of fun making the film.
And he also is creating on the set.
He doesnt sort of fill in the blanks that hes decided at his desk or something.
io9: I will come back to Dune but Im a Star Wars nerd and Andor is incredible.
Luthen Rael is instantly a top-tier Star Wars character.
And are you satisfied with where the story takes you?
Skarsgard: Im satisfied where it goes, yeah.
Its such good writing and its Tony Gilroy.
I really like to say his lines.
Skarsgard: Well, if I hadnt been so fat, I would have thought it was fun.
But it was fantastic to see those people for the first time.
Most of them I hadnt seen during the two films.
So it was very good.
io9: And obviously you got a very important moment with Mr. Chalamet at the end of there.
What was it like figuring that scene out and going for that?
Skarsgard: That was fine.
I dont have a very nice experience.
io9: Speaking of, tell me a little about the goo.
What is it like?
Do they have a temperature setting?
Is it just cold and miserable?
What can you say about it?
Skarsgard: They double-check that its warm enough for you.
So it felt good.
I didnt have to have my cooling apparatus on.
But its not really oilit is water and gelatin, I think.
And then its some oil that is black on top of it.
And I do not dare ask whats in it.
Its an incredible movie and youre great in it.
And youve been in so many incredible movies like that.
io9: Are you like that with your family too?
Because several of them are becoming massive stars in their own right.
Whats it like watching them?
Skarsgard: I dont know.
io9: [Laughs] Yes.
Then I feel really proud.
But sort of, success in the industry?
Its not that important.
Skarsgard: Who knows?
I mean, you cant know.
Sometimes you read a script and say, This is good.
Like Breaking the Waves I read and I said, This is good.
But you cant tell if its going to be a success at the box office or anything.
But you might say This interests me.
And thats all I can say about the things that Im in.
And you’re free to be interested in it for different reasons, too.
io9: Very cool.
And this is my last thing.
I have a prop here.
I dont know if youre aware that Lego made the first-ever Dune set.
Have you seen any of this?
io9: [Hands over photo] This is your figure on the far right.
Skarsgard: Yes, I like him very much.
Watch the Baron stand out in Dune: Part Two, out Friday.
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