Alexander Skarsgård Lies Down on the Ground to the Purple Carpet

Alexander Skarsgård is bringing his personal distinctive method to the crimson carpet. The actor attended a exhibiting of Brandon Cronenburg’s “Infinity Pool” on the Berlin Worldwide Movie Competition on Feb. 22, however as a substitute of calmly smiling as most individuals do on the crimson carpet, he determined to twirl round, strike a couple of poses, after which lie down flat in entrance of the forged as cameras flashed. It is unclear why he selected to do all this — maybe he was reviving the early-2010s planking pattern, or protesting the social norms that require individuals to face nonetheless and smile on crimson carpets, or simply making an attempt to create some chaos.

Or perhaps he was simply making an attempt to get within the spirit of “Infinity Pool,” which he stars in alongside Mia Goth and Cleopatra Coleman. The film made a splash at Sundance Movie Competition in January for its utter bizarreness and exorbitant quantity of express content material. The script “shocked me the primary time I learn it,” Skarsgård mentioned in a January interview with Yahoo. “It’s totally uncommon to learn one thing that’s so on the market and unique. And the journey that my character goes on is simply so bananas! It is refreshing to do one thing that’s loopy, on the market and wild.”

Skarsgård is much from the primary actor to behave oddly on the crimson carpet. Tana Mongeau and H.E.R. each walked the 2019 crimson carpet on the MTV VMAs carrying reside snakes, for instance, and loads of different stars have goofed off at award exhibits and premieres — however Skarsgård is the newest to depart an impression. Forward, take a look at his antics on the “Infinity Pool” premiere.