White supremacists hijack The Northman: Blockbuster starring Nicole Kidman features Nordic lore popular with alt-right groups who hail its 'all-white cast and pure masculinity'

Daily Mail UK ^ | April 22, 2022 | Harriet Johnston

[Morgana]

White supremacists have claimed ownership over the new Viking Hollywood blockbuster The Northman, which stars Nicole Kidman and Anya Taylor-Joy.

The epic historical film, which has been released nationwide today, is the latest from Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse) and a violent revenge tale taken from Viking legends.

However its 'all-white cast', which features famous faces including Alexander Skarsgård and Ethan Hawke, as well as it's 'pure macho stereotypes' have seen the blockbuster championed by supremacists before it was even released.

Posts on Reddit and 4Chan have been celebrating the film, with one 4Chan user writing: 'Robert Eggers. He is restoring pride in our people with his great films. The Northman is going to be epic… Hail Odin.'

Another person commented: 'Northman is a based [agreeable] movie, all white cast and shows pure raw masculinity.'

The connection between white supremacy and an interest in Viking culture is not new.

A number of alt-right terrorists have referenced the medieval period during their attacks in recent years, including Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, who killed at least 49 people in a Christchurch mosque in 2019 and Jeremy Christian who killed two women in 2017.

MailOnline has contacted Focus Features for comment.

[Dr. Sivana]

<“Sanford & Son” was a reboot of a White British series, “Steptoe & Son.”

Of course, and they even made an episode where Fred thinks he life is being remade into a white sitcom when they start making the show in California.

Nonetheless, the U.S. version was its own thing, just as "All in the Family" (Til Death do Us Part in UK) and "Three's Company" ("Man About the House" in UK). Demond Wilson, unfortunately, was a wooden actor. Redd Foxx and LaWAnda Page carried the show.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I assume they also are going to cry about Assassin's Creed too?

Valhalla Calling

[FLT-bird]

How backward of them to not include at least some obese, muslim, female, vegetarian, lesbians of color. We all know those are just the kinds of people who were Vikings.

[Dead Corpse]

And the upcoming Snow White being lead by a well tanned Hispanic actress...

[Morgana]

“Does *every* movie have to cater to LGBTQ+?”

It’s shouldn’t more so in this case. They were ViKINGS not ViQUEENS.

[Reily]

Watch the UK comedy “Upstart Crow” and see how much so. A comedic look about how Shakespeare came to write his plays, etc. Great comedy, but there are gems of historic facts about Shakespeare, his plays and sonnets in it!

I think you can see it on Netflix if not it can be ordered off Amazon. It’s worth the money, it’s absolutely hilarious!

[Bikkuri]

Well, I mean, REAL Vikings were all 3 feet tall.









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[daler]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe you’re referring to the purple-attired athletes that never win the big one.

[SpokeshaveReturns]

[EEGator]

I’m going to watch for sure.

[Dead Corpse]

Same. My Son and I are going to see it Monday night at a local theater. Reclining heat/air conditioned seats with a good sound system. ;-)

[fieldmarshaldj]

Demond Wilson was there to be the straight man to his colorful pops. What more could you ask of the actor ? He did his part.

[EEGator]

Nice, let me know if it’s good.

[Morgana]

That might be a ViQUEEN as well.

[Morgana]

Isn’t that from the movie “Time Bandits”?

[Dr. Sivana]

Demond Wilson was there to be the straight man to his colorful pops. What more could you ask of the actor ? He did his part.

A straight man has to do more than read his lines stiffly and not get with the flow of the characters around him. George Burns was straight man to Gracie Allen, and he held up his own end just fine. So did Eddie Albert with Eva Gabor. (Eddie Albert was a superior actor.)

Many of the great straight men were also genuine comics in their own right (e.g. Andy Griffith, Bob Newhart). When Demond Wilson got his chance with the lead (Baby I'm Back, The New Odd Couple), his limitations became more obvious.

[TheWriterTX]

You’d have to study Egypt for that.

[LibertarianLiz]

A story about Nordic culture what do they expect? There were no blacks on Viking Ships as there were no white people in Zulu tribes.

Everything you say is true; but, that never stopped Hollywood from inserting some random black guy into every single film, no matter how historically incorrect it was. Case in point: Robin Hood stories now ALWAYS have a black guy in it. Also, British stories set in Victorian times seem to have a lot of black people milling around fancy houses in London high society.

[LibertarianLiz]

Viking genetic stock is distributed all throughout Europe.

When I first got my dna test back (some years ago) I was utterly surprised by the results. One result that surprised me was Scandanavian. I was also surprised that the majority of my DNA was from Great Britain. They fine tuned that recently to Wales. When I questioned the Scandanavian result, my hubby's reply was: "Bloody Vikings".

[Bikkuri]

Lol.. not sure. I just looked up 'midget Viking' using Brave's search browser 😁