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    Please enjoy this absolutely ripped Alexander Skarsgård in The Northman trailer.

    Jonny Diamond
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    December 20, 2021, 11:14am

    The Northman, directed by Robert Eggers and co-written with Icelandic literary hero Sjón, is the story of a 10th-century Viking (played by a shredded Alexander Skarsgård) dispossessed at a young age of his rightful place on the throne, who spends the next 25 years working out so he can (with the help of a wide-eyed Anya Taylor-Joy) reclaim his crown.

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    I cannot not overstate how much this movie is for me. Did I mention it also stars Björk and Willem Dafoe? Anyway, I look forward to streaming this alone at home during April’s inevitable Epsilon wave.

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