It wasn't so long ago that Alicia Vikander was sharing a pint-sized London apartment with three girls and working at a Levi's store. She was perpetually broke back then, as were her aspiring musician roommates, so when they didn't have enough money to go to the pub, they'd look at each other and ask: A few years later, Vikander is on break from filming the next Bourne movie, opposite Damon. When we speak, the year-old marvels at how that four-person flat back in London was the same size as the hotel suite where she's now fielding questions about her latest film The Danish Girl. The Levis are gone, too, in favour of a white sweater, matching flowy, cropped pants and nude high heels. Gerda was married to Einar Wegener, the first person to undergo sexual reassignment surgery, in And, while that part is flashier, requiring more obvious actorly heavy lifting, Vikander nearly steals the show in a more unassuming role.