Alexander Skarsgård has admitted that his transformation for his new movie Wicker was no walk in the park.
The Swedish actor stars alongside Oscar winner Olivia Colman in the new twisted fairytale, about a lonely fisherwoman in medieval times who wishes for a husband to be made out of wicker, only for him to then come to life and turn her life upside down.
During a video interview with Elle to promote their new movie, Alexander admitted that it was the small details that proved the most troublesome when it came to his look for the film.
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Asked for the “most uncomfortable part about transforming into the Wicker Husband”, he responded: “The eyelashes. I don’t like when people poke my eyeballs. Call me crazy, but that’s not my thing.”
Opening up more generally about his costume, he continued: “It was basically like a suit, and then different chest plates and arm plates, and then [they] glued the Wicker Husband’s face onto my face, lips and then those eyelashes.”
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“[We] got it down to under two hours,” he added.
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