Alexander Skarsgård reflects on his journey to fatherhood.
The 49-year-old Swedish actor welcomed his first child, a son, with Swedish actress Tuva Novotny.
While giving an interview to Variety for a new profile, Skarsgård opened up about how acting keeps him away from his family, especially his son, while living in Sweden.
The Big little lies star revealed that his approach to his career has changed since embracing fatherhood.
He explained: “I lived on the road. I love that aspect of the industry: you’re a traveling circus. But now I have to balance that with family life and making sure I can be present for my child.”
“I can’t be as selfish and narcissistic as before,” Skarsgård noted.
Notably, this is the first time he talked about parenthood after confirming it Entertainment This evening that he had welcomed his first child with Novotny in 2023.
In his 2017 sit-down interview with Chelsea Handler: The legend of Tarzan actor shared his desire to become a father one day.
“I want to beat my dad. He had eight, so I better start, I guess. My dad is 65 and had a child four years ago. I was born in the ’70s. My dad had that in the ’70s, the ’80s, the ’90s, in the 2000s and in 2010,” Alexander Skarsgård revealed with a laugh.
