The Northman 2022: Wild and Naked Battles with Fake-But-Real Genitals

The movie The Northman 2022 starring Alexander Skarsgard as the Viking prince Amleth on a journey of revenge. The story is somehow inspired by William Shakespeare's famous Hamlet, but Alexander did not spend much time studying the poet's poetry, but focused on his workout for fight scenes in a wildly violent movie.

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Viking culture and history have flooded the screen in recent years; However, this does not necessarily make The Northman any less interesting.

After his father was murdered by his uncle who usurped the throne, Amleth fled in the woods and lived many years apart from the human world. This forms the wild features in Amleth's way of fighting: it strongly reflects the fighting and hunting of jungle beasts.

In some fight scenes, the characters are almost or completely naked, ie with genitals shown (in normal conditions, probably). The movie director Robert Eggers said that the penises of actors, including Alexander's, appearing on screen are not real but were created by CGI on computers. The reason for this is not so much because the actors were concerned about showing off their private stuffs, but because "no one wanted to get their bits chopped off".

However, Robert Eggers said he tries to make sure the CGI images are realistic. They thoroughly scanned Alexander's full body to make sure the CGI-generated genitals accurately reflected what belongs to Alexander physically. So, fake but real!

Explaining the naked fight scenes, Robert said tht the Vikings sometimes took off their clothes and fighted naked. In that way, they show they are fearless, or to intimidate their enemies.

Alexander's character Amleth will have a dramatic duel with a giant played by Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson. The 2.05 meter tall Hafþór once won the title of "World's Strongest", best known for his role as Gregor Clegane (also known as The Mountain) in the series Game of Thrones.