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Alexander Skarsgård Realizes He's a 'Dull Brooder' From 'True Blood,' 'Northman' Reviews
- Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling starred in Pillion, a gay BDSM romance that premiered at Cannes on May 18, 2025.
- The film follows Ray, a leather-clad biker, who introduces Colin, a meek suburban man, into a dom/sub lifestyle and queer biker community.
- Critics praised Pillion for its nuanced portrayal of love and desire within kink, calling it touching, surprising, and less an adaptation than a reimagining.
- Pillion won an eight-minute ovation, holds a 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 12 reviews, and earned compliments for boldness and intimacy direction.
- The film's positive reception highlights emerging openness to complex queer stories, while Skarsgård revealed there is a raunchier cut yet to be released.
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The Irish SunLorraine viewers shocked as Hollywood superstar appears in tiny hotpants
ALEXANDER Skarsgård seemed to have left his trousers at home during an appearance on Lorraine saying he wanted “to be sexy.” The Swedish star was in London to promote his new Apple TV+ series, Murderbot, wearing nothing but a waist-length jacket which hid a pair of blue shorts as he was seated. Alexander Skarsgård appeared on Lorraine wearing tiny shorts The actor showed off his outfit to host, Ranvir Singh Alexander sat down with Ranvir Singh o…
Alexander Skarsgård realizes he's a 'dull brooder' from 'True Blood,' 'Northman' reviews
"This is why I avoid reading reviews," he tells EW. "Because I will never forget these!"Alexander Skarsgård hates reading reviews about his own work, because he knows he'll learn some unflattering things about himself. So why not make him whisper reviews about his past work instead?The Murderbot star realizes he's a "dull brooder" while reading reviews about his 2022 action drama The Northman, in a YouTube video with Entertainment Weekly."This i…
Everything we know about 'Pillion', the kinky gay film taking over Cannes
The Cannes Film Festival over the weekend gave us more than just Pedro Pascal’s arms to obsess over, especially after the gay dom/sub movie, Pillion, became the most talked-about premiere. Despite the graphic content, the film still earned a seven-minute standing ovation once the credits rolled. Besides that, central star Alexander Skarsgård also gave us some sexy-ass leather pants to gawk over, kissed Pascal on the red carpet, and sent the Twit…
Pillion: First reactions as Alexander Skarsgård's 'filthy' film about gay biker and 'submissive' lover hits Cannes
The film won an eight-minute ovation from an audience including Pedro Pascal at last night's premiere The post Pillion: First reactions as Alexander Skarsgård’s ‘filthy’ film about gay biker and ‘submissive’ lover hits Cannes appeared first on Attitude.
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