Alexander Skarsgård and Benny Safdie will be honored at this year’s Stockholm Film Festival, with the Swedish actor receiving Stockholm’s Achievement Award, and the New York director getting the festival’s Visionary Award.
Skarsgård’s latest Pillion, in which he stars as a domineering biker who begins a turbulent relationship with the submissive Colin, played by Harry Melling, will screen at Stockholm, as will Safdie’s The Smashing Machine, his first solo feature as a director. The film, which premiered in Venice, winning best director honors for Safdie, stars Dwayne Johnson as real-life MMA fighter Mark Kerr, with Emily Blunt as his partner Dawn Staples. The Smashing Machine recently opened to a disappointing $6 million in its North America bow, the lowest box office debut in Johnson’s career.
Källa: Stockholm Fest to Honor Alexander Skarsgård, Benny Safdie
