Alexander Skarsgard Slays in Drag on the Red Carpet

Working it! Alexander Skarsgard made quite an entrance at the San Francisco premiere of Diary of a Teenage Girl on Monday, Aug. 3. The Swedish-born star, 38, caused a stir in a full-length gold ball gown paired with a metallic clutch. And he didnt stop at his wardrobe choices! Skarsgard took his look to the

Working it! Alexander Skarsgard made quite an entrance at the San Francisco premiere of Diary of a Teenage Girl on Monday, Aug. 3. 

The Swedish-born star, 38, caused a stir in a full-length gold ball gown paired with a metallic clutch. And he didn’t stop at his wardrobe choices! Skarsgard took his look to the next level with a super-voluminous blonde wig (complete with ‘70s-esque, Farrah Fawcett curls), Kim Kardashian-approved contoured cheek bones, and some statement-making false lashes.

Even though the over-6-foot tall True Blood alum was in no need of extra height, he towered over his costar Bel Powley in a pair of high heels.

While Skarsgard didn’t explain his reason for dressing up, it may have been in support of Joshua Grinnell, a San Francisco drag performer (also known as “Peaches Christ”) who plays a transgender character in the film. 

In Diary of a Teenage Girl—out on Friday, Aug. 7—Skarsgard’s character begins an affair with the 15-year-old daughter (Powley) of his girlfriend, played by Kristen Wiig.

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“I saw it as an interesting challenge to not play him as just a villain,” Skarsgard told Us Weekly of the flick at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 13. “He’s hooking up with a 15-year-old and the… challenge was to make that relationship real and layered.”

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