Every woman I know had the same reaction to The Square. Whether newspaper executive or my son’s 22-year-old student girlfriend, as they watched the tall, angular, elegantly weathered actor playing the art museum curator, Christian, a thought bubble popped up: “Well, hello! And why have I never seen you before?” Furious Google Images and IMDb searching ensued. He is Claes Bang: Danish, 6ft 4.5in, 51, a stepgrandfather, tousle-haired, funny, self-deprecating, sweary, disarmingly frank, who chugs down three glasses of wine during our interview and tells me how he got off his face on cannabis jelly beans at the Golden Globes. In fact, he’s like no actor I’ve ever interviewed, certainly no Hollywood star, although now he’s on a fast track to becoming…

Source: The Times May 04, 2018 22:52 UTC