Skarsgård's tough role

 

Bill Skarsgård has revealed just how tough it was playing the role of Eric Draven in the new reboot of the cult classic The Crow.

“Physicality wasn’t really an issue, but the mental state kind of wears on you because you live in it for four months, you know?”he told The Hollywood Reporter. “I had a great shoot, a lot of night shoots. … You’re kind of preoccupied in a bleak state of mind for a while. I like to be consumed by it when I’m doing it. Actually, we were working out a lot, I found it really helpful. There’s nothing like being tired and sweaty to get the demons out.”

Skarsgård also spoke about the qualities in his character that stood out to him and inspired him to tackle the part. “I feel like he’s a fragile individual when you meet him, someone that’s almost given up on life and surely given up on himself. So getting to perform that, and then him finding Shelly [Draven’s girlfriend played by British singer-songwriter FKA Twigs] and falling madly in love with her and how he projects onto her this kind of saving angel,” he explained.

“And then when he loses her, what he’s willing to do for her. It’s kind of the beautiful archetypal story about what people do for love, and he’s commendable that way, I think, Eric as a character – very generous.”