Alexander Skarsgård Says He's 'Not Really Comfortable' Playing a Righteous Character

‘Wicker’ Review: Olivia Colman Orders a Man Made of Wood in a Bawdy Fable Perfectly Suited for Anyone Tempted to Marry Their AI Chatbot

In Ursula Wills-Jones’ 2008 short story “The Wicker Husband” (not to be confused with the “The Wicker Man”), an unpleasant fisherwoman in an unenlightened medieval town asks the local basketmaker to weave her a partner. From there, the supernatural fable could be “Pinocchio” for adults, only it’s not the wooden creation’s nose that grows, and […]

Alexander Skarsgård says he's 'not really comfortable' playing a righteous character

The "Wicker" actor is opening up about the most difficult part of playing a man made of wicker.Dia Dipasupil/Getty Alexander Skarsgård attends the Sundance Film Festival 'Wicker' premiere Jan. 24 in Park City, UtahAlexander Skarsgård had to step outside of his comfort zone for Wicker — but probably not for the reason you think.The oddball fable from directors Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer made its premiere at this weekend's Sundance Fil…

‘Wicker’ Review: Olivia Colman Rides Alexander Skarsgård’s Wood in Bawdy Sex Fantasy About Hysterically Horny Villagers

A kooky sex-crazed folk tale in search of a larger purpose beyond its whimsical premise, Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer’s “Wicker” stars Olivia Colman as a prickly fisherwoman who emerges from the fringes of a seaside village to task a basketmaker (Peter Dinklage) with weaving her a husband. That husband is played by a delightfully deadpan Alexander Skarsgård as a man made entirely of wicker fibers, a face that looks like a woven espadri…

‘Wicker’ Review: Alexander Skarsgard Is the Husband of Olivia Colman’s Dreams in a Quirky, Winsome and Enjoyably Tart Fable

Matters of sex and marriage are at the center of Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer’s bawdy comedy about the strangest kind of mail-order husband.

‘Wicker’ review: Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgard are made ...

Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer’s second feature also stars Peter Dinklage, Elizabeth Debicki and Richard E Grant