Stellan Skarsgård Takes On THOR

Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd är klar för en roll i actionfilmen “Thor”.

For those of you who can’t translate Swedish, that bit of gobbledygook basically says Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd may be returning to the scruffy, Nordic look you see him in above from 2005’s ‘Beowulf & Grendel.’   SkarsgÃ¥rd has revealed he has a role in the Kenneth Branagh-directed adaptation of Marvel Comics’ ‘Thor.’   He made the announcement to TT Spektra, and the news was picked up by website Ystads Allehanda.

Says Skarsgård about the casting:

They wanted me to sign without reading the script. That I refused to do. Then they sent one to me that was so coded that I could only print one copy.

Skarsgård joins a cast that already includes Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, Jaimie Alexander, Colm Feore and Samuel L. Jackson.

‘Thor’ ar satt att slappas den 20 maj 2011.   Yes, evidently “release” sounds like “slap-ass” in Swedish.