Alicia Vikander on pregnancy: 'Half the women in the audience will be thinking: she doesn't know what it's like'

The Oscar-winner spoke at the premiere of The Light Between Oceans about co-star Michael Fassbender, and the challenges of playing a pregnant woman and having a family

The Light Between Oceans star Alicia Vikander has said that playing a pregnant woman was her “biggest challenge”, and that she was concerned she might not be able to pull it off. Speaking at the Venice film festival after the world premiere of the film, which also stars Michael Fassbender and Rachel Weisz, and was directed by Derek Cianfrance, Vikander, 27, said she “always imagined having a family in the future”, but worried that women in the audience might be able to detect her lack of real-life experience.

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