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Every
SNL
season 51 host and musical guest, from Bad Bunny to Will Ferrell
By Jillian Sederholm
13
Why Nicole Kidman was disgusted by Alexander Skarsgård in
Big Little Lies
kissing scene: 'Yikes, I'm out'
By Derek Lawrence
Why Alexander Skarsgård's (prosthetic) penis close-up got trimmed down in
Pillion
By Mike Miller
The 2026 Winter Olympics, Alexander Skarsgård leading a 'dom-com,' and
Fun House
on vinyl top this week's Must List
By Tiffany Kelly
What a gay biker gang taught Alexander Skarsgård and
Pillion
team about lube, boot licking, and orgies
By Mike Miller
Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling rehearsed
Pillion
sex scene the day they met: 'That’s what we call foreplay'
By Mike Miller
Saturday Night Live
recap: Alexander Skarsgård heats up the 1,000th episode as host
By Andy Hoglund
11
Alexander Skarsgård tries on 'personalized' underwear from Stephen Colbert in front of
Late Show
audience
By Wesley Stenzel
Alexander Skarsgård questions his morals, saying he's 'not really comfortable' playing a righteous character
By Shania Russell
5
Alexander Skarsgård responds to speculation that he came out as bisexual
By Wesley Stenzel
Stellan Skarsgård asks son Alexander if abandoning acting and joining military was revenge: 'I felt f---ed'
By Mekishana Pierre
6
Harry Potter
star dumbfounded to learn about past encounter with Alexander Skarsgård: 'I'm 84 and gay'
By Raechal Shewfelt
Stellan Skarsgård opens up about acting struggles after stroke: 'I got really scared'
By Raechal Shewfelt
Alexander Skarsgård talks
Pillion
, that viral Pedro Pascal Cannes moment, and bringing humor to onscreen BDSM
By Nick Romano
Where is the
True Blood
cast today? See how they’ve changed since leaving Bon Temps
By Matt Cabral
Alexander Skarsgård is a dom motorcycle daddy in first
Pillion
trailer
By Nick Romano
The 10 best TV love triangles of all time ranked, from
The Summer I Turned Pretty
to
The Vampire Diaries
By Allison DeGrushe
8
Alexander Skarsgård addresses fan theories that
this
Taylor Swift song is about him
By Lauren Huff
Alexander Skarsgård shares why he briefly quit acting after finding success at 13: 'I didn't like being recognized'
By Jordan Hoffman
Alexander Skarsgård unpacks emotional
Murderbot
finale scene that nearly made him cry: 'I'm a goddamn android!'
By Shania Russell
Murderbot
might be beyond saving in season finale clip: 'We still have to try' (exclusive)
By Shania Russell
Alexander Skarsgård used to weep in the shower after bad auditions: 'I just felt filthy in my soul'
By Jordan Hoffman
Jesse Eisenberg asked for a copy of his
Modern Family
episode with his scenes cut out, show's star reveals
By Raechal Shewfelt
Alexander Skarsgård breaks down
Murderbot's
relationships, recalls how he 'fell in love' with the rogue android
By Shania Russell
Alexander Skarsgård realizes he's a 'dull brooder' while whispering reviews about his past work
By Sydney Bucksbaum
A new
Final Destination
, a Blaxploitation classics set, and Alexander Skarsgård in
Murderbot
top this week's Must List
By EW Staff
Alexander Skarsgård says brother Bill's Count Orlok is hotter vampire than
True Blood
's Eric: 'Pure sex right there'
By Emlyn Travis
Alexander Skarsgård says dad Stellan 'embarrassed' him as teen by 'dancing salsa naked' at their house
By Shania Russell
Murderbot
review: Alexander Skarsgård's killer robot comedy is slow to boot up
By Kristen Baldwin
Murderbot
trailer stars Alexander Skarsgård as a rogue security robot trapped in a workplace comedy
By Shania Russell
Alexander Skarsgård reprises his
True Blood
role for splashy
What We Do in the Shadows
cameo
By Lauren Huff
Alexander Skarsgård to take 'all sorts of virginities' from
Harry Potter
star in 'kinky' queer biker movie
By Christian Holub
Alexander Skarsgård, Sarah Paulson, Ron Perlman, and more join
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
By Sydney Bucksbaum
See your favorite stars at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival
By EW Staff
Succession
series finale reveals who will replace Logan Roy
By Clark Collis
Watch Brian Cox get down on the dance floor to 'Call Me Maybe' with
Succession
cast
By Clark Collis
Alexander Skarsgård teases the return of his ruthless tech mogul in the final season of
Succession
By Clark Collis
Nominated for Nothing:
The Northman
was way too weird to be the next Oscar epic
By Darren Franich
Jennifer Lopez should have held out for more than
Shotgun Wedding
;
Poker Face
is the crime show reborn
By Leah Greenblatt, Joshua Rothkopf, Kristen Baldwin, and Darren Franich
Mia Goth says her latest horror outing
Infinity Pool
is a 'wild, wild film': See the trailer
By Clark Collis
Alexander Skarsgard, Nicholas Braun on lampooning Werner Herzog in the
Documentary Now!
premiere
By Devan Coggan
See Bill Skarsgård's shredded new physique for upcoming 'dystopian fever-dream action thriller'
By Lauren Huff
The Bad Guys
leads box office,
Everything Everywhere All at Once
continues to dominate multiverse
By Jessica Wang
Animated animal outlaws best viking prince Alexander Skarsgård and meta Nicolas Cage at the box office
By Jessica Wang
The secret to Alexander Skarsgård's physique in
The Northman
? Cheesy '80s Italian disco music
By Clarissa Cruz
The Northman
director breaks down the finale's nude volcano brawl
By Nick Romano
How
The Northman
director brought Björk out of acting retirement
By Nick Romano
Alexander Skarsgård on thriving and surviving on the 'borderline insane' shoot of
The Northman
By Lester Fabian Brathwaite
Alexander Skarsgård on facing the Mountain from
Game of Thrones
in
The Northman
: 'I was intimidated'
By Nick Romano
Alexander Skarsgård on Tarzan,
True Blood
, and the roles that shaped him
By Leah Greenblatt
Alexander Skarsgård kept his thong from
The Northman
as a souvenir: 'It wasn't a choice, it was a gift'
By Andrea Towers
Fantastic Beasts
isn't quite fantastic, Julia Roberts gets
Gaslit
, and Skarsgård heads due
Northman
By Darren Franich and Leah Greenblatt
True Blood
's Eric Northman vs.
The Northman
: Alexander Skarsgård says similarities aren't a total coincidence
By Nick Romano
The Northman
review: Fear the reaper, when he is Skarsgård
By Leah Greenblatt
Salma Hayek named winner of first-ever IMDb Icon STARmeter Award
By Lester Fabian Brathwaite
True Blood
theme song brought singer's career back from the dead: 'It's a mitzvah'
By Nick Romano
Passing
costar Ruth Negga dissects the film's most complex, 'uncomfortable' scene
By Marcus Jones
Alexander Skarsgård rages as a Viking berserker in
The Northman
trailer
By Nick Romano
Succession
season finale recap: A deal with the devil
By Lauren Morgan
Succession
star Sarah Snook teases a 'juicy' season 3
By Clark Collis
Succession
season 3 teaser promises a battle Roy-ale
By Clark Collis
Adrien Brody joins
Succession
as billionaire activist investor for season 3
By Clark Collis
Alexander Skarsgård joins
Succession
in 'confrontational' role for season 3
By Clark Collis
Who was the human winner of
Godzilla vs. Kong
? An EW investigation
By Derek Lawrence
Godzilla vs. Kong
director treated his monsters like action film stars
By Clark Collis
Godzilla vs. Kong
is the loud, dumb monster mash you came for: Review
By Leah Greenblatt
Alexander Skarsgård learned sign language to communicate with his young, deaf
Godzilla vs. Kong
costar
By Nick Romano
Godzilla vs. Kong
gets new release date, moving up two months to March
By Tyler Aquilina
The Stand
showrunner explains why Stephen King's story is being told out of order
By James Hibberd
The Stand
exclusive clip: Watch Randall Flagg's riveting first scene
By James Hibberd
Alexander Skarsgård plays Randall Flagg like a 'sexy Trump' in
The Stand
reboot
By James Hibberd
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