Looked handsome in a sleek black suit for the Steven Klein shot photo accompanying a column finding Alexander talk about topics including his sex symbol status and the actresses whom he’d like to work with in the future. A few of the highlights from Mr Skarsgard’s interview are as follows. For more, be sure to pay a visit to British GQ!

On whether his ‘True Blood’ role is physically demanding:
“We do have to be fit – there’s a lot of running around. But I don’t go to the gym six days a week or do any weird diets or anything like that.”

On whether he’s aware of his sex symbol status:
“Absolutely not, and that might sound odd when I’ve just done the [Calvin Klein] Encounter campaign. But in terms of finding characters and movies, it’s important to me to find real characters that have some depth… what’s the incentive to play someone who’s just good looking? How much fun is that? It’s none it all.”

On who he’d like to work with as far as actresses are concerned:
“I’d love to work with Isabelle Huppert and Meryl Streep. Meryl is an amazing actress and she’s great to work with. But I’ve been very lucky because I’ve got to work with some phenomenal actresses.”

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View the 30-second commercial starring Alexander Skarsgård with Lara Stone. Directed by Fabien Baron.

At the Toronto International Film Festival next month Alexander Skarsgard will have two movies making their debut. ‘What Maisie Knew’ will be one of the gala events this year and it has now been announced that his movie ‘Disconnect’ will be showing as well.

“Disconnect,” is the first narrative feature from “Murderball” director Henry Alex Rubin, and his first movie since 2005. Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, Andrea Riseborough, Alexander Skarsgård, and Max Theriot are among the ensemble with Max Richter (“Waltz With Bashir,” “Shutter Island“) is scoring the film.

Can check the first still:

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Regarding what he appreciates most about his character’s arc this season, Skarsgard shared, “I had a lot of fun exploring the fact that Eric is surprised by [the new friendship]. I enjoyed that aspect where he’s suddenly [looking at] Bill, this kid in Eric’s eyes that he never cared about, suddenly he finds himself protective and taking care of him. That’s not a feeling that Eric is comfortable with, because it makes him feel vulnerable. Read more… »

Alexander spoke with Access Hollywood about season 5 thus far including the new dynamic between his character Eric and Bill (Stephen Moyer). Also up for discussion was how he felt kissing his co-star and good friend Kristin Bauer van Straten.

Alexander attends the “Game Of Thrones” HBO celebration party inside the WIRED Cafe at Palm Terrace At The Omni Hotel during Comic-Con International 2012 on July 13, 2012 in San Diego, California.

Alexander seen greeting fans while arriving to Comic-Con 2012 in San Diego.