Alicia Vikander reveals she would love to work with her husband Michael Fassbender again

Alicia Vikander has revealed that she hopes to work with her husband Michael Fassbender again despite the fact they are ‘very much individuals’.

The actress, 31, posed on the October cover of ELLE magazine and told the publication that she thinks the couple’s independent natures are good for their relationship. 

She said: ‘I would love to work with him one day, but we’re very much individuals, which I love and I think is good in any relationship. 

‘We both take on parts because it’s a film that is right for us, so it would have to be the same if we were ever to work together again.’ 

The couple met when they starred together in the romantic drama The Light Between Oceans, released in 2016.

Known as one of Hollywood’s most private couples, they tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in Ibiza, Spain, in October 2017.  

Alicia looked sensational in the photoshoot, posing on the cover in a black leather jacket with a faux fur lined hood and sleeves.

Wearing dramatic pink eye makeup, the Oscar winner let her brunette locks fall loose down her shoulders.  

Also during the interview, Alicia recalled an incident on the set of the film Seventh Son when a man made a rude comment toward her and she was defended by actress Julianne Moore.

She said: ‘I was just thankful to be there, I was afraid of speaking up or losing respect or that people would find me difficult. [But Julianne Moore stepped in.] 

‘I think she was like, ‘If you ever say anything like that again, I’m leaving and we’re done’. That changed my situation on set going forward and it meant the world to me.’

Alicia trained in ballet from the age of nine and throughout her teens and said she feels lucky she never developed an eating disorder due to the pressures of the discipline. 

She said: ‘Being in a leotard looking at your body in a mirror seven hours a day, six days a week and having people talk about your body in front of you and in front of other girls and boys, growing up with that is not healthy.’

‘I was very lucky to go through ballet school without having an eating disorder. I don’t know how, I think it was my mum who talked about it to me every day.’

The Swedish star said she is looking forward to returning to work following lockdown, particularly as she was struck down with Covid-19 herself. 

She said: ‘I’m actually really excited. What we’ve gone through these past few months…I realise how different it feels being back to what we used to call normality.’

The Tomb Raider star added that she would have ‘loved’ to attend the Black Lives Matter protests but couldn’t as she was ill and ‘couldn’t leave [her] house’. 

Asked how she copes with anxiety and stress, Alicia said: ‘I’ve struggled with a lot of both anxiety and stress over the years. 

‘My dad’s always said, ‘You know Alicia it takes three weeks for your body to know that you’ve stopped and you’re about to relax.’ His voice has been ringing in the back of my head several times [during lockdown].’

Alicia stars as feminist and journalist Gloria Steinem in the new film The Glorias, playing her from the ages of 20 to 40 while Julianne Moore portrays her later years.

Of the role, she said: ‘I’ve grown up in a house with a mother who taught me about the word feminism from the age of five. 

‘And I respect that, but then we’re all part of the general unconscious bias of the world we’ve been brought up in. 

‘I feel over the past few years and then seeing Gloria’s work and her history, we’re being confronted again knowing that it’s been a very hard journey and that there is so much work and thought that has been put into it and that sadly doesn’t often happen by itself. 

‘Time helps, but it’s also due to some incredible people along the way who have been daring enough, when everyone else is trying to shut them down.’

The October issue of ELLE UK is on sale from 3rd September.