Stellan Skarsgard would not assume it’s attainable to be a “good father or mother to a child”.
Stellan Skarsgard has eight kids
The 74-year-old actor – who has Alexander, 49, Gustaf, 44, Sam, 43, Invoice, 35, Eija, 33, and Valter, 29, together with his first spouse My Skarsgard in addition to Ossian, 16, and Kolbjorn, 13, together with his second spouse Megan Everett – admitted one in all his children has in contrast him to Gustav, the selfish director and absent father he performs in his new film Sentimental Worth.
Insisted he wasn’t offended that the function was written with him in thoughts, Stellan advised The Unbiased: “It’s by no means an insult, as a result of I don’t play myself normally. I don’t assume they’ll know my character.
“And I by no means considered Gustav as being like me in any approach. Our conditions are comparable, but it surely’s completely totally different. Or at the very least, I believed so till my son noticed the movie and mentioned to me, ‘You recognise your self?’ I mentioned, no!
“However after all, they see issues that I don’t see – however you’ll be able to by no means fulfill a child. You may by no means be a superb father or mother to a child, as a result of honestly, they’ve issues to complain about as a result of we’re solely human – and so they’re not good both. So that you’ve bought to reside with it.”
Nevertheless, Stellan has a superb relationship together with his kids however admitted he wasn’t at all times a “current” father after they have been youthful.
He mentioned: “I realised extra that possibly I wasn’t completely current when my children have been rising up. However I’ve eight children – it’s f****** inconceivable…
“I’ve been very tolerant to my children, and so they should be tolerant of me, too. I’ve allow them to go and do no matter they need, and so they can let me go and do no matter I would like.”
And the Dune actor admitted he would not have been completely happy as a dad standing on the sidelines watching his children play sport.
He mentioned: “It might be so boring. I might die.”
The Mamma Mia star beforehand insisted he refuses to present recommendation to his kids.
He defined to Folks journal: “I haven’t given them any recommendation in any respect as a result of it is rather harmful to do.
“As a result of in the event that they hearken to my recommendation and so they’re profitable, it’s due to me, and in the event that they hearken to my recommendation and so they’re not profitable, it’s my fault. So it’s a lose-lose state of affairs.”
