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"People didn't take me seriously."
At this point, you could conceivably say he's a really good actor who takes on interesting roles — but according to Alexander, there were some roadblocks to being taken seriously.
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In an interview with the Sunday Times, the actor said that being put on a "sexy" list early in his career limited his reach when it came to the roles he was offered.
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"[A]fter my first job, I was on a stupid ‘sexy hunky hot list’ and then people didn’t take me seriously," he explained.
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“If you want characters with depth but have been labeled ‘a dude who takes his shirt off,’ you’re not going to get those offers.”
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Alexander also clarified that he doesn't "really know" if "that was the reason I wasn’t getting roles," but he thinks that appealing to audiences outside of his native Sweden might be part of it.
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"Starting out in Sweden, there was stuff about being tall and blond," he said. "But most people [in Sweden] are tall and blond.”
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Of course, Alexander's career turned out to be just fine — remember his performance in Big Little Lies?
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But his early struggles made him doubt his career regardless. "I was questioning why I was in the industry," he admitted.
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Read the entire interview here.
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