Stellan Skarsgård is the top of a veritable appearing dynasty, with seven of his eight sons having gone into the household enterprise. In a latest interview with Vulture, the self-proclaimed “nepo daddy” revealed that his youngest son, 13-year-old Kolbjörn, will get bullied at college by “merciless youngsters” who name him a “nepo child.”
“My 13-year-old, Kolbjörn, suffers from that,” Skarsgård stated. “When his buddies at college name him nepo child, he will get so unhappy. He doesn’t have any buddies at college. He will get remoted. Merciless youngsters — or merciless and ignorant. They like it on the web. However it’s such a bullshit factor. As a result of no one would rent you, a minimum of not for something good, in case you’re not adequate.”
Kolbjörn Skarsgård at present stars within the Swedish horror collection Blood Cruise, portraying a personality named Walter. He made his on-screen debut taking part in the youthful model of his real-life half-brother Invoice’s character, Clark Olofsson, in Netflix’s 2022 collection Clark.
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Along with Invoice — finest identified for taking part in Pennywise within the It horror movies — the Skarsgård brothers embody the oldest, Alexander (True Blood), Gustaf (Westworld), and Valter (Lords of Chaos).
To Stellan’s credit score, he’s effectively conscious that their fame could have surpassed his personal. Talking to Vulture, the patriarch defined that he doesn’t take into account his youngsters “nepo infants” as a result of he’s the one who will get “a lot goodwill and perhaps jobs due to them.”
He additionally opened up about having to earn his sons’ respect as a father. “I’ve an excellent relationship with my youngsters,” he stated. “They haven’t any respect for me simply as a result of I’m their father. As a result of that’s bullshit. You shouldn’t be revered for 5 minutes of pleasure.”
“I don’t demand respect for being a father. I demand respect for a good suggestion or if I do one thing effectively or if I create one thing for them,” he continued. “When my son Alexander was on Conan, he was speaking about his childhood and he stated that I all the time walked round bare… That lack of respect is superb. He can joke about something.”
The nepotism dialogue got here up in reference to Skarsgård’s new film, Sentimental Worth, the place he performs a legendary director attempting to reconnect together with his daughter by providing her a lead position in his personal movie.
The nepo child discourse has been fueled lately by Vulture’s 2022 “Yr of the Nepo Child” editorial package deal. Amongst those that have since rejected the idea are well-known father Tom Hanks and so-called “nepo infants” Lily-Rose Depp and Zooey Deschanel.
