Alexander Skarsgård is doing a superb job plugging his new film.
The Swedish-born actor is on a promo tour for his new romantic comedy, “Pillion,” which relies on the 2020 novel “Box Hill” by Adam Mars-Jones.
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Within the movie, Skarsgård performs Ray, the charismatic chief of a biker gang, who embarks on a dominant/submissive BDSM relationship with a timid younger man named Colin, who’s portrayed by Harry Melling.
Simply as a enjoyable facet be aware, it’s possible you’ll bear in mind Melling because the little one actor who performed Dudley Dursley within the “Harry Potter” franchise — and we sincerely hope he makes some facial expressions like this the film:
“Pillion” premiered on the Cannes Movie Competition in Could, and for the event, Skarsgård determined to focus on the themes of the movie along with his alternative of T-shirt, which has a graphic of a boot hovering over the face of a shirtless and aroused man.
And through the movie’s cease on the Zurich Movie Competition in Switzerland on Wednesday, Skarsgård determined to up the ante by carrying a silk shirt from Italian designer Magliano, which is impressed by late Twentieth-century Italian homosexual tradition.
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And simply to chop to the chase, the shirt encompasses a graphic that features a few dildos and butt plugs.
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The shirt is also thought-about an homage to the one line Skarsgård utters within the movie’s trailer, which is: “I’ll text you a shopping list. And buy yourself a butt plug, you’re too tight.”
But, Skarsgård’s advocacy for the approach to life appears to go a bit deeper than simply his purple carpet outfits.
“I found that in this case, it’s not really relevant what my background is,” the “True Blood” alum mentioned of his causes for doing the movie, per Selection. “I mean, I do have a kid, but what I’ve done in the past, who I’ve been with, men, women… To me, what was important was that this felt like an opportunity to tell a story about a subculture I hadn’t seen portrayed this way — with so much authenticity.”
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He then in contrast “Pillion” to 1980’s erotic thriller “Cruising,” which starred Al Pacino and focuses on a serial killer who targets homosexual males in New York Metropolis’s Seventies leather-based scene.
“My experience of watching this on screen was through ‘Cruising,’ where it’s this dark underbelly of New York City and it’s dangerous, murderous and scary. Leather gays are scary,” Skarsgård mentioned. “I’m no Ray, but I have a little bit of experience from that world and I know that’s not the truthful depiction.”
He added of the movie’s intercourse scenes: “We wanted it to be clumsy and weird. On screen, it often looks like a ballet, but sex can be awkward and funny.”
“Pillion” is about to hit theaters within the U.S. in February 2026.
