Alicia Vikander speaks out about ‘painful’ miscarriage with Michael Fassbender
"We have a child now, but it took us time"https://t.co/7maSjLW539
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Alicia Vikander and husband, Michael Fassbender, struggled to conceive and suffered a miscarriage before welcoming their one-year-old son together. Some of her roles now feel 'meta', as twice she has signed on to play somebody suffering a miscarriage.
In HBO series, Irma Vep, Alicia plays a pop singer who has a miscarriage and is told to perform the same night. She also played a character who experienced two miscarriages in The Light Between Oceans, where she met her now-husband, seven years ago.
"[The miscarriage] was so extreme, painful to go through and, of course, it made me recall making that film. That film has another meaning now."
She commented on how difficult being a public figure can be when you're experiencing issues in your personal life too.
"Sometimes you go through things that are tough in life and if you have an office job you can step away for a bit. But there are times that myself or colleagues have been through something and, well, I can’t understand how they went on to the red carpet afterwards. To be met by people asking, 'How are you doing?' Given what they had just been through? Most people would not be able to step out of their house."
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