Alexander Skarsgård is addressing feedback he made about his sexuality whereas selling his new BDSM movie, Pillion.
Skarsgård, 49, was requested on the 2025 Zurich Movie Competition what he introduced from his personal life to the upcoming movie, which follows timid Colin (Henry Melling) as he meets assured biker Ray (Skarsgård), who initiates him right into a submissive relationship.
“I imply, I do have a child, however what I’ve performed previously, who I’ve been with, males, girls…,” Skarsgård defined on the time. “To me, what was necessary was that this felt like a possibility to inform a narrative a few subculture I hadn’t seen portrayed this manner — with a lot authenticity.”
Some followers took the actor’s clarification as a affirmation of his assumed bisexuality. Nonetheless, when requested in an interview with Selection printed on Tuesday, January 20, Skarsgård clarified that he was merely attempting to de-center his personal private expertise when explaining the premise of the movie.
“Oh. That it resonated with my previous? It was undoubtedly not an meant assertion,” the Huge Little Lies star advised the outlet when requested about his earlier feedback. “I don’t know what I used to be speaking about. Perhaps it has to do with — there’s plenty of focus typically on me as an actor. Perhaps it was attempting to shift the main focus extra to the story and these characters. And the significance of telling the story like this.”
This isn’t the primary time Skarsgård has made headlines for his remarks in regards to the movie. The True Blood alum beforehand opened up about why he was “excited” to shoot Pillion’s graphic intercourse scenes along with his costar Melling, noting that the film strays from the standard assemble of what intimate on display screen moments typically seem like.
“I used to be excited as a result of [the sex scenes] are attention-grabbing [in Pillion],” he advised The Hollywood Reporter in September 2025. “And that’s fairly uncommon. Most intercourse scenes on display screen are fairly boring and sanitized.”
Skarsgård added that the intercourse scenes don’t shrink back from the “awkwardness” of many intimate conditions, which he appreciated.
“We actually leaned into the authenticity, the awkwardness of intercourse, which I believed was actually humorous and candy,” he defined. “It’s fairly uncommon to have a intercourse scene that really has an emotional journey. There’s stuff taking place, and it’s like erotic and horny, however then it’s awkward, after which it’s humorous. I believe [director Harry Lighton] instilled plenty of belief in us. We simply felt very snug. There was no trepidation getting into. Fairly the other. We have been excited to leap in.”
When requested whether or not any intercourse scenes have been deemed too specific for Pillion’s last minimize, Skarsgård mentioned with amusing, “Oh yeah, we’ve received some additional scenes we’ve saved for the Christmas Particular version, a triple X model for the children.”
Pillion relies on writer Adam Mars-Jones’ 2020 Fitzcarraldo Editions Novel Prize-winning novel Field Hill. The ebook was additionally shortlisted by the Royal Society of Literature as among the finest British novels of 2021.
Alexander Skarsgård revealed that he will get “fairly excited” to shoot “graphic” intercourse scenes. The Huge Little Lies alum, 49, and costar Harry Melling have a number of intimate scenes of their critically-acclaimed romantic drama Pillion, which chronicles a BDSM relationship between a biker gang chief (Skarsgård) and a shy younger man (Melling) who lives along with his terminally […]
In his months selling the movie, Skarsgård has been praised for his method-like style selections, typically displaying up on pink carpets sporting bondage-themed apparel. Whereas talking to Selection on Monday, he admitted garments aren’t his standard forte, however one thing he’s been taking part in with extra just lately.
“I by no means purchase garments. When you noticed my closet, my wardrobe may be very restricted,” he confessed. “I’m not an enormous client of style. I don’t spend cash on costly manufacturers. I actually benefit from the creativity of it, nevertheless it’s not like I’m out looking for these outfits. I assume it’s one thing I’ve leaned right into a bit extra of late.”
Pillion hits theaters on February 6.
