missamysantiago:

I heard the slap was a suggestion from Guy Ritchie, and that it surprised Armie. “He wouldn’t have let me not do it! With Guy, if someone has an idea, we’ll try it, and if it doesn’t work then it doesn’t work. But it’s funny, because we recently did Good Morning America, and Guy said, “I love a good slap!” I remember that in one of our absolute first rehearsals, it was me and Armie and the writer, Lionel, over at Guy’s house. Guy had some sides but he put them away, and he said, “You know what it says on those sides. Let’s just try something else.” And he pulled out a chess set, the whiskey and vodka was poured, and the slap kind of came through that. It did end up being quite funny, giving Armie a slap. I mean, he’s almost double my length, Mr. Hammer.” ~ Alicia Vikander