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Alexander Skarsgård talks gay sex scenes and the gays!
On whether he's surprised about the fact that gay men love him:
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Well, I don't know. I've always been... I don't know how to answer that question, but thank you. That's very flattering to hear. It's always been the most natural thing to me because my uncle and godfather is a gay man and so growing up, even as a little toddler, it was just as natural as being straight. My aunt would show up with her husband and my uncle would show up with his husband. He was, by far, out of my father's four siblings (Alexander's father is actor Stellan Skarsgard), the most fashionable and the most trendy, cool guy. So, when I was a kid, he was the one I looked up to. I thought he was really badass: fit and awesome and cool, and obviously not because he was gay.
When I became a teenager and the kids made fun of other teenagers who were gay, I never really understood that. It just baffled me because my idol, my godfather, was gay, and he was the coolest guy I knew. I just couldn't understand how that could be an insult.
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What tips do you have for other straight men who are doing gay sex scenes?
You just have to embrace it. I had two gay sex scenes on the show. They're incredible scenes. I loved this scene and I remember talking to Theo (Alexander), who played the Greek lover of Russell Edgington (portrayed by Denis O'Hare), and that was the first gay sex scene I had on "True Blood." He's also a straight guy and he was nervous; he had never kissed a guy before. I just said, "Look at the scene. It's this nemesis and he comes in and then it gets seductive and you think they're gonna make love and it gets into that and then suddenly my character stabs him in the back and he explodes. In two minutes, look at this emotional rollercoaster we're taking the audience on. If we commit to this, it's going to be an amazing scene and we're going to be very happy with it forever. If we hold back, that's when it gets awkward."
Same thing shooting the other scene with Ryan (Kwanten) - we knew that it was coming because we shot a scene the previous year where I hypnotize him and say, like, "When you dream, dream sweet dreams of me." Because we did it in a very seductive way, when they said "wrap" and I turned around and I saw the writers, I could just see in their eyes that they were like, "We're definitely gonna see this dream later on in the show." We knew it was coming. You have to think of the scene and how it fits in and hopefully be excited about the scene. Then, just dive in.
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