Alicia Vikander Recalls 'Painful' Miscarriage And Portraying Infertility Struggles On Screen

Alicia Vikander is sharing intimate particulars about her journey to turning into a mother.

The Oscar-winning actor lately spoke with The Sunday Instances, opening up about portraying a personality who suffers a miscarriage after battling her personal “excessive and painful” being pregnant loss.

“We've a baby now, nevertheless it took us time,” Vikander, who shares a 17-month-old son with Michael Fassbender, advised the Instances.

In 2017, the pair reportedly tied the knot on the La Granja resort in Ibiza.

Vikander and Fassbender met whereas engaged on the 2016 movie “The Mild Between Oceans.” Within the film, Vikander performs a personality who suffers two being pregnant losses.

In Vikander’s new present, “Irma Vep,” one of many storylines additionally follows a personality who experiences a being pregnant loss.

“Speak about meta,” the actor advised the Instances.

Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander of “Irma Vep” welcomed their 17-month-old son final yr.

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The “Ex Machina” star revealed the movie took on “one other which means” after she weathered her personal miscarriage.

When requested if films can assist each actors and audiences work by means of their very own traumas, Vikander replied, “Completely. [The miscarriage] was so excessive, painful to undergo and, in fact, it made me recall making that movie. That movie has one other which means now.”

She added, “Typically you undergo issues which can be robust in life, and when you've got an workplace job, you may step away for a bit. However there are occasions that myself or colleagues have been by means of one thing and, properly, I can’t perceive how they went on to the crimson carpet afterwards.”

The main girl shared she didn’t formally know she needed to be a mother till she was 30, with the being pregnant loss solidifying her want to have youngsters. “For some time I didn’t suppose that I may get pregnant,” she advised Harper’s Bazaar UK in April.

Although it was troublesome to beat that painful time, Vikander talked about how she and Fassbender stay united whereas tackling parenthood and juggling gigs.

“In my little household, with my husband and my baby, we journey collectively, at all times. That’s the rule,” she advised Harper’s Bazaar on the time. “We do jobs so one in every of us can at all times be with the child.”

“Irma Vep” is offered for streaming on HBO Max. Watch the trailer under.