alexander skarsgard He has set a new record after he got talked about online due to some unflattering comments about his past. sexuality. The actor suggested that the moment was misunderstood.
Alexander Skarsgård talks about his sexuality
While promoting his new film Pillion at the Zurich Film Festival in October 2025, Alexander Skarsgård talked about playing Ray, a biker who enters into a dominant/submissive relationship with a younger man. During that discussion, Skarsgård made a comment that instantly killed him.
Asked if he took anything from his personal experiences when playing the role, Skarsgård said at the time, “I found that in this case, it’s not really relevant what my background is.” He added, “What have I done in the past, who have I been with, men, women… For me, what was important was that it felt like an opportunity to tell a story about a subculture that I had not seen portrayed like this – with so much authenticity.” Those words immediately fueled speculation about Skarsgård’s sexuality.
Now, when Skarsgård was asked if the comment was meant to be a reference to his own past, he directly addressed the confusion. “It was definitely not an intended statement. I don’t know what I was talking about,” he explained. DiversityHaving said that his goal in that moment was to shift the focus away from himself and back onto Pillion.
He added, “Maybe it has to do with it – there’s too much focus on me as an actor sometimes.” “Maybe it was trying to focus more on the story and these characters. And the importance of telling the story that way.”
Directed by Harry Lighton, Pillion stars Harry Melling as Colin, a young gay man caught in a BDSM relationship with Skarsgård’s mysterious biker leader. The Murderbot actor has stressed that the film aims to honestly show the dynamics of this behind-the-scenes persona-esque genre and the subculture surrounding it, rather than sensationalism.
Originally reported by Devanshi Basu Mandatory.