After leaving the show, Fimmel reportedly swore never to go back to television. In a recent quote he gave to Rotten Tomatoes , he said he thought he was done with the medium. Between and , he delved fully into the world of film, where he accrued up to six big-screen credits to his name. Soon after leaving Vikings, the Victoria-born actor was cast as Anduin Lothar in Warcraft , a film adaptation of the famous game by the same name.
Produced by Legendary Pictures, the movie did not do significantly well in the United States but was a bonafide hit worldwide. He played Ray Thompson, the father of a young boy who builds a close bond with his elderly employer until the old man is attacked and killed.
He would come back with a bang in , when he appeared in three motion pictures. He then went back to playing a historical figure again, when he stepped into the shoes of Major Harry Smith, an Australian lieutenant-colonel who fought in the Vietnam War. Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDb page. Find out more at IMDbPro ». How Much Have You Seen? How much of Travis Fimmel's work have you seen?
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By Adrienne Tyler Published Apr 11, Share Share Tweet Email 0. Related Topics SR Originals vikings. So for those who have a crush on the Aussie, Travis Fimmel is, on paper at least, still looking for Mrs. When Outside magazine went to interview Fimmel just as he was transitioning off "Vikings" and doing publicity for "Warcraft," the writer found him in an unexpected place. Fimmel didn't have a palatial mid-century modern palace atop the Hollywood Hills, and no oversized kitchen with a nutritionist on call.
Instead he was living on a ranch owned by a stuntman, in an foot "beige and white Nomad travel trailer. The actor had been spending years going back and forth between L. It makes sense, then, that he wouldn't spend a ton of money buying a swanky bachelor pad to use a month or two a year.
Still, even the author of the Outside article points out that "among a generation who've shunned material possessions as barriers to life experience, Fimmel has achieved an advanced state of stoic minimalism. Pre-celebrity Fimmel was a bit of a rambler. Emerging from his childhood working the family farm, Fimmel spent some time messing around with pro Australian Rules Football, briefly enrolled at RMIT University to study architecture according to the Sydney Morning Herald , Fimmel says, "I don't think I passed any subjects" and bounced around cities like Los Angeles and London.
While the Calvin Klein ad in many ways began his career, Fimmel looks at it in a more utilitarian way. When Interview magazine asks him if his brothers, Australian miners, ever joke about his modeling, Fimmel replies, "They know I was just trying to get a visa.
Yet of all the gigs he's picked up, one of the more interesting ones is certainly that of a busker. According to a video interview for Rolling Stone, he and a friend were briefly buskers in the London subway, performing Sam Cooke's "What a Wonderful World. We tried to make money and we gave up very quickly. It should be added that busking, or performing music on the street, is actually respected as a valid way to make money as a performer in London, with a formal licensing program and everything.
So just imagine getting off "the tube" and seeing Ragnar Lothbrok singing Motown. It makes sense that Fimmel's busking career never took off. According to the actor himself, he hates performing live. In the GQ article , Fimmel expresses his feelings about live auditions: "I hate it.
Absolutely hate it. It's very unrealistic. There's people that like to get up and talk in front of people. I wasn't the kid that enjoyed reading out loud in class. Every article and interview discusses how much Fimmel prefers to eschew the limelight. And as GQ points out , "more upsetting for Fimmel is that, against all odds, this farm-raised Victorian is particularly noticeable.
Fimmel notes in the same article that he can't avoid doing contractually-required publicity for his various projects but he gets more selective about how and where he does it. Regardless what press he does, Travis Fimmel likely won't be performing on a stage near you any time soon.
As he said in a New Yorker article , "I could never be in a play, onstage. I'd break down and cry. Has he gotten over the stage fright when auditioning at least? Travis tells news. So no live auditions.
But as long as Fimmel keeps playing characters who break all the leading man stereotypes, he can audition however he wants and nobody's gonna complain.
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