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Alexander Skarsgard Jokes There’s a ‘Raunchier’ Cut of Kinky BDSM Romance ‘Pillion’ That Wasn’t Shown in Cannes: ‘What You’ve Seen Is the Family-Friendly Version’
The Pillion team of Alexander Skarsgard, Harry Melling and director Harry Lighton talk the cuts that were made to the kinky BDSM romance for Cannes
With lots of kinky gay BDSM sex scenes, elaborately choreographed orgies, full-frontal nudity and men in rubber, “ Pillion ” has easily been among the most sexually graphic films of Cannes so far (and also one of its most warmly received). For Skarsgard, chosen by Lighton because he needed a “six foot blonde guy” (and, jokes the actor, “Chris Hemsworth wasn’t available”), the film came his way after a series of darker roles. But how did Skarsgard feel about being objectified on screen, especially given the amount of scenes in “Pillion” where his character is seen slowly unzipping his biker leathers to show his muscular physique beneath (and all watched on by a mesmerized Melling)?
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