The trailer for new comedy-romance Wicker has sent the internet into a frenzy after it was revealed star Alexander Skarsgård plays a man made out of wicker.
Olivia Coleman is the lead in the surreal tale, playing a lonely fisherwoman who commissions a craftsman (Peter Dinklage) to weave her a husband out of wicker. The result is a living wicker man, played by Skarsgård, who treats her with absolute devotion and sends her small town into a frenzy.
The release of the trailer, which features love scenes between the two leads, has sparked many conversations online, particularly around the wicker suit that Skarsgård wears, which comes complete with wicker nipples.
The majority of reactions were disbelief. “I can’t get over the wicker nipples,” wrote one person on X (formerly Twitter), while another simply wrote “wicker nipples?!?!?!?” with crying emojis.
I can’t get over the wicker nipples. https://t.co/8Zkfy5DKjK
— Mae (@TheMaeMayhem) July 30, 2026
Wicker nipples?!?!?!? https://t.co/hEO5tkCl9Q
— idk (@idkbruhplzgod) July 31, 2026
The actor himself joked about the suit, telling EW: “Most male actors dream of playing Hamlet at some point in their career. I never did. My dream was always to have nipples made out of wicker. Thanks to our wonderful directors, Eleanor and Alex, and the brilliant artists at Wētā in New Zealand, my dream has finally come true.”
Wētā 3D modeller Mathew Matangi, who worked on that part of the suit, screengrabbed the quote and posted: “It was an honour to make your wicker nipples, Alexander Skarsgard. They will be going in page one of my portfolio.”
It was an honour to make your wicker nipples, Alexander Skarsgard.
They will be going in page one of my portfolio.#WICKER pic.twitter.com/n8oXYr4YJm
— Mathew Matangi (@MathewMatangi) July 30, 2026
Wicker is released on October 30 in the UK.
In January, Alexander Skarsgård lavished praise on Charli XCX, following the pair working together on The Moment. Confessing to be a fan of her music, he said: “Secretly, quietly, on my little island in Sweden, I had a ‘brat summer,’” he said.
“People always say, ‘Oh, I’m genuinely a fan,’” he added. “I told Charli after we shot the movie that when they sum up the year on Spotify, she was my Number Two most-played artist of the year.”
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