Alexander Skarsgård wears Olivia Colman’s face on shirt at 'Wicker' premiere

Alexander Skarsgård pays tribute to co-star Olivia Colman with statement shirt at 'Wicker' premiere in Los Angeles

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Alexander Skarsgård wore a shirt featuring Olivia Colman’s face to the Los Angeles premiere of their upcoming film Wicker on Tuesday, October 20.

The Swedish actor paired the unusual design with a plaid skirt, drawing attention to his fashion choices on the red carpet.

Skarsgård, 50, wore a fitted, long-sleeved black shirt featuring a framed image of Colman surrounded by button detailing.

He completed the outfit with a punk-inspired plaid skirt from Chopova Lowena, split between black-and-yellow and pink-and-black patterns, with safety-pin-style details at the waist. Black dress shoes and matching socks completed the look.

The actor posed for photographs alongside Colman, 52, and fellow cast member Elizabeth Debicki. His brother, Bill Skarsgård, later joined them.

The red-carpet appearance comes ahead of Wicker’s cinema release on Friday, October 23. Based on Ursula Wills’ short story The Wicker Husband, the film is set in a fantastical medieval European village.

Colman plays an unconventional fisherwoman who commissions a local basket weaver, portrayed by Peter Dinklage, to create her ideal husband. When the wicker husband, played by Skarsgård, arrives, the pair develop a romantic relationship that causes disruption within the village.

Speaking at the film’s premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January, Skarsgård discussed the challenge of playing a character unlike those he typically portrays.

“I was quite intimidated when I read [the script] because I tend to be drawn toward more conflicted characters with more internal turmoil and darkness,” the actor said.

"To play this good-hearted, good-natured, sweet, morally righteous character was scary to me," he added. "I'm not really comfortable doing that. I don't have anything to tap into when it comes to that. So it was a stretch as an actor."

Colman previously described the screenplay as one of her "top three favorite scripts I've ever read" in a January interview with Deadline.

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