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Yes, That’s a Wicker Penis: Inside Alexander Skarsgård’s Wild ‘Wicker’ Transformation

And yes, those are also wicker nipples.

October 23, 2026 4:30 pm

Behind the scenes of 'Wicker'

Courtesy of Black Bear Pictures

You’ll never look at a wicker basket the same way after “Wicker”. Based on Ursula Wills-Jones’s short story “The Wicker Husband”, the raunchy period comedy follows an outcast Fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) commissioning a master Basket Weaver (Peter Dinklage) to make her a wicker husband. The result is a man entirely woven of wicker whose dedication to his wife and romance is absolute; of course, it’s a role for Alexander Skarsgård.

Transforming the 6’4″ Swede into the Wicker Husband required not actual magic, but something very close to it.…