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Stellan Skarsgard Says He Accepted a Lower Salary on ‘Sentimental Value’ to Give the Crew Good Lunches: ‘Norway Is the Richest Country, but They Don’t Want to Spend Money on Food’

By Leo Barraclough Jul 14, 2025 | 8:57 AM

Stellan Skarsgård accepted a lower salary and became an executive producer on Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” — winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes this year — because he wanted to give the crew good lunches. “I wasn’t supposed to be [an executive producer] at first, but I said: ‘I’d never film in Norway without […]