Michael Fassbender and Wife Alicia Vikander Share a Scene in Their New Movie but They Never Actually Filmed Together

Mar. 15, 2025

Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender on Nov. 14, 2024.Photo:Simon Ackerman/WireImage

Simon Ackerman/WireImage

Michael FassbenderandAlicia Vikanderrecently filmed a movie together — but they were not actually on set at the same time.

Fassbender, 47, said that scheduling issues prevented him and his wife Vikander, 36, from acting in their scenes together for their upcoming movie,Hope,during a recentTodayshow appearance to promote his new thriller,Black Bag.

“We’re big fans of Na Hong-jin, he’s directing this movieHope. He did films likeThe Whaling,The Yellow Sea,The Chaser. We were big fans of his work,” Fassbender said.

“Alicia reached out to him. And he approached us to be in this movie. We are in the scene together, but we were never on set together,” Fassbender explained, before joking, “It’s a stipulation we insist on that we can’t be on the same set together. It keeps our marriage intact.”

“No, it was just down to scheduling because I was shootingBlack Bagand thenThe Agency, so I had to go out earlier,” he added. “So I shot my stuff with a stand-in for her and then she did the same for me.”

Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender on June 18, 2024.Julien M. Hekimian/Getty

Julien M. Hekimian/Getty

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Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander on Dec. 8, 2024.Karwai Tang/WireImage

Karwai Tang/WireImage

In the meantime, Fassbender has an upcoming thriller titledBlack Bag,in which he costars with Cate Blanchett, Pierce Brosnan, Tom Burke, Regé-Jean Page and Marisa Abela.Black Bagopens in theaters March 14.

Vikander most recently appeared on the big screen in the 2024 moviesRumoursandTheAssessment.

source: people.com