Bonding over a love of beer helped John Michael McDonagh cast Alexander Skarsgard in his new film
WHEN Alexander Skarsgard had finished swinging through trees and depriving himself in order to play Tarzan, he was ready for a few laughs. And John Michael McDonagh (The Guard, Calvary) was just the man to provide them.
When the Swedish actor read the first 10 pages of McDonagh’s screenplay for the London-Irish director’s first US movie, War on Everyone, he had to read it again. He couldn’t believe it. His dry Scandinavian humour was perfect for the role of Terry, a corrupt heavy drinking New Mexico cop who with his buddy cop Bob, Michael Pena, will do anything to anyone to make a quick buck.
