This is a reader request, which I’ll sometimes entertain when folks follow these tips, plus the request is a topic I’m at least partially interested in! Matthias Schoenaerts doesn’t have a lengthy resume yet, but he’s on the rise, mixing action movies with frock flicks. Which is ideal for cultivating that strong, sensitive guy image, who’s looking for:
“I need someone with a real passion for life; a person who’s on a quest for truthfulness. I find that incredibly attractive. They also need to be pretty independent, like a cat. If I could be any animal, I’d be a cat. They don’t rely on anyone. In a relationship you have to trust each other — becoming dependent on one another isn’t healthy. Also, cats don’t ‘have’ to do anything — how great is that?”
Pretty great!
Joop in Black Book (2006)
Alfred Lenaerts in De smaak van De Keyser (2008), aka The Emperor of Taste
Ties van Heesch in De bende van Oss (2011) aka The Gang of Oss
André Le Notre in A Little Chaos (2014)
Lieutenant Bruno von Falk in Suite Française (2014)
Gabriel Oak in Far From the Madding Crowd (2015)
Hans Axgil in The Danish Girl (2015)
Captain Herder in A Hidden Life (2019)
What’s your favorite historical role played by Matthias Schoenaerts?
Loved him in A Little Chaos and The Danish Girl and Suite Francaise. He emanates a quiet, soft-spoken, smoldering, sexiness.
Oh, I just watched ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’. That man is a snack.
Well, the only one I’ve seen is A Hidden Life, and I didn’t recognize him, but I suppose that must be it! For costumes it’s fairly simple 1940s countryside clothing, but nice. The film is visually beautiful and the story compelling and interestingly told.
A Little Chaos
Having been a foreign exchange student in northern Belgium in the early 1970s, I can understand his reluctance to play a Nazi in Suite Francaise, as the horrors of World War II were not so far removed and were still part of the Benelux psyche. Thanks for posting this–it will be interesting to see his performance in it.
He sure is easy on the eyes.
If you want to see more of him like a LOT more of him, check out A Bigger Splash as the hunky boyfriend of Tilda Swinton’s Bowie-inspired rock star character as they convalesce in a spartan yet chic villa on a volcanic Sicilian island (!) Enter Ralph Fiennes as her ex-lover and drama ensues. (you see a LOT more him too)