Alicia Vikander says giving birth ‘a second time was definitely harder’

Alicia Vikander will feature on the September cover of Elle (Tom Schirmacher/Elle UK/PA) Alicia Vikander has recalled how giving birth “a second time was definitely harder”, as the film star appeared to suggest she has had a second child. The Swedish actress, 35, known for playing Lara Croft in the 2018 remake of Tomb Raider, had a son with her husband – the Irish-German actor Michael Fassbender – in 2021. Speaking to Elle UK magazine about giving birth on screen, Vikander appeared to speak about another pregnancy.

She explained she had previously felt like “an imposter” when acting in a birth scene before she had her own baby. She said: “All women have such different experiences, and going through it a second time was definitely harder for me. “But I think training made it easier.

Going through those nine months is like a marathon, so it does help if you’re strong going into it. “It’s so physically demanding, and I have so much admiration for any woman who has done it. I gave birth four times on screen before I did it myself.

“Your job is to pretend as an actor, but every time I had to give birth, I said to every woman on set, ‘I’m sorry’ – I felt like such an imposter.” Vikander met Fassbender on 2014 romantic drama The Light Between Oceans, in which they played a husband and wife, with her character dealing with two miscarriages before finding a baby and raising it as her own daughter. Alicia Vikander says she was ’embarrassed’ not to .