Facebook had me chuckling again yesterday when I saw this headline from The Hollywood Reporter: “How to Ignite an Internet Frenzy? Give Alexander Skarsgard a Wicker Penis”.
Forgive me if you’ve already heard about Alexander’s latest out-there movie, Wicker, but it’s based on author Ursula Wills-Jones’ short story The Wicker Husband and follows a Middle Ages fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) who asks the local basketmaker (Peter Dinklage) to weave her a husband (Skarsgård).
As you do.
The promo for the film also popped into my feed last week and it’s quite something. Alexander’s character is a revelation in the bedroom (see teaser below).
As The Hollywood Reporter notes: “Audiences got their first look at Alexander Skarsgård playing a man crafted from wicker, and it’s safe to say the internet instantly lost its mind.”
Even IKEA is joining the fun …
One person who saw the film’s teaser on TikTok commented: “Hell yeah! 50 shades of Pinocchio! Worth the splinters”. Another user added: “The way you can hear the wicker expanding is killing.”
One user noted: “I love how simultaneously confused and thirsty everyone is”. Another person said: “The bar is so low for men we’re romanticizing baskets.”
I’m not confused. What is there to be confused about? A wicker man becomes sentient and makes a lonely fisherwoman very, very happy. Got it.
But I’m definitely curious, as the film has a pretty wacky premise, yet it received a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival.
I’m 100% heading to the cinema to check it out.
Anyhoo, it’s almost the weekend again. Have a good one.
Teaser of the day: Wicker
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