Of the 6 celebrities that we interviewed while in LA for the Thor: Dark World Premiere, Jaimie Alexander was one of my favorites! She was so incredibly sweet, down to Earth and absolutely STUNNING! If your not familiar with Jaimie Alexander she plays the Goddess Sif in Thor and Thor: The Dark World and she is one bad ass chick!
The interview lasted about 20 minutes and she was so sweet and funny! I was so surprised to see how this beautiful woman was so down to Earth and not what you would expect from a big Hollywood star. When she first walked into the room she was wearing a green “wookie” coat, which she was quick to point out was not real. I wondered why she was covering her dress but when I saw her on the red carpet I figured it out, she was looking to turn heads and she did just that! Below are a just a few of my favorite questions and answers from the interview. I love her responses and I think you will too.
How does it feel to be a female character
Oh, man. That’s loaded. It’s an amazing feeling. Especially when the character is written so well like my character is. You know it’s about her, personally, and the physical follows. And I think that’s the way to write a female character really well, and Marvel does that. So, for me it’s been a dream come true for me.
Your character in the comics has a romantic relationship with Thor? Will we get to see any of that, the triangle they have going on?
You know, there’s always going to be a little. They hint at it a little bit. They can’t go fully there, yet, but they definitely hint at it. And it’s always fun, because it’s in the comic books, and we definitely want to appease the fans. So, we put that in there. I look at him a few times. Unfortunately he’s not shirtless in front of me, but that’s fine, it’s all right.
How did you prepare yourself for this role?
I worked with a dialect coach to have a British accent, although in this film, it’s a little bit more relaxed. And then I also trained for about two months, weight lifting, yoga, Pilates, on the Reformer. Which was something new for me. You give me a machine like that, it’s like you’re asking for me to just hurt myself. And I did that, and I did a lot of fight training with a wonderful stunt girl named Chloe Bruce. She is a world champion martial artist, and she’s a little scary. I mean, when you first meet her, she’s great. And then you’re like, “Oh. Whoa. You can bend your leg that way. I’m gonna go over here.”
Is there a side of your character we’ll see in part two that we didn’t see in the first movie?
Yes, actually. You get to see a very vulnerable side of Sif. And you also get to see what her fellow Asgardians mean to her. Now, in the first movie, we explored that a little bit. She’s very protective. Her first priority is to protect her fellow Asgardians and the throne. This one, there’s a little bit of heartache, but it’s really amazing, because she’s very selfless. The heartache is definitely an underlying tone to her. And then she kind of puts it aside and says, “You know what? I have lives to save. I’m gonna put that first,” so you kinda get to see what she’s made of a little bit.
What did you like best about Sif?
I like that she’s selfless, and, actually, in a way that’s one of her greatest strengths, but it’s also her downfall. She really puts everyone else first, and also she’s not afraid to give her opinion. She does it respectfully, but she definitely stands up for what she believes in. So, I can appreciate that, and I try to adopt that in my own life as much as I can. Without scaring people. I don’t carry a weapon. Not that anyone can see anyway.
Through the interview I learned that Jaimie Alexander speaks at schools about positive body image and self esteem in young girls. One of my favorite quotes from her was “Work what your momma gave you, and appreciate it, because everybody is different, and nobody is duplicate, so no one can actually be you, so you have that above everyone else.” After the interview Jaimie was so sweet to take a group photo with us.
You can check out Jaimie Alexander in the new Thor: The Dark World movie which is now playing in theaters!
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