Succession star Alexander Skarsgard admits he 'nearly ran over' Greta Thunberg mid-protest

express.co.uk:

Succession.The star has now confessed that, in their shared home country, he almost ran over environmental activist Greta Thunberg, 19.Alexander, who is part of the famous Skarsgard family, nearly hit Amnesty International award-winning climate activist Greta while out on his bike.

True to form, Greta was at a protest when the incident occured, while Alexander was on his way to an interview.Interviewer Jonathan Dean reflected afterwards: “Skarsgard cycled past Greta on his way to meet me; she was on a protest.”Greta is known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action on climate change mitigation and has inspired people across the world to join her cause.Like Alexander, Greta is one of the most famous names to come out of Sweden in recent years.

Thankfully, he was able to avoid hitting her on his bike, and shared his thoughts on the young activist with the interviewer. “She's how we sell our country now,” he said. “And I almost hit her with my bike.”The star went on to add: “Greta is like a modern-day Viking and, like Greta, the Vikings refused to fly,” he told The Sunday Times.While Alexander cannot claim to have much of a connection to the vikings himself, his brother Gustaf might say differently.

The second eldest Skarsgard brother, 41, played Floki in the History Channel series Vikings.He also portrayed Karl Strand in the second season of the HBO series Westworld alongside Evan Rachel Wood.