Remember, it contains the salty ocean you must sail upon to the edge of the world.” She tells him: “Now remember for whom you shed your last teardrop. Years later, Amleth is incognito as a furious berserker, but is recognized by a prophetess. Fjölnir stages a coup, claiming Queen Gudrún (Kidman) as his own, and orders his legion to hunt down the young prince.Īmleth escapes, but remains haunted by the image of his father’s murder and vows to avenge him and rescue his mother. Prince Amleth (Oscar Novak, later Skarsgård) has his privileged world turned upside-down when his father, King Aurvandill (Hawke) of the fictional island of Hrafnsey, is beheaded by his bastard brother, Fjölnir (Claes Bang). I’ve been told by my PR team to keep it light, but this is in some respects me trying to do Conan the Barbarian by way of Andrei Rublev.” “There’s a lot of Conan referencing, I have to admit. Focus FeaturesĮggers has also confirmed that Conan the Barbarian served as source material.
The Swede finally got his chance to tackle Norse mythology with The Northman. Alexander Skarsgård was attached to another Viking-themed project for over five years before it was canceled.
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