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Hollywood's Hottest Husband Is Made Of Wicker

The film stars Alexander Skarsgård as a husband woven by a Basketmaker for a Fisherwoman played by Olivia Colman; the directors say it's about envy corrupting love.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe claim under review: the hottest husband in Hollywood is made of wicker.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Daily Wire says that in the movie Wicker, nobody is having good sex except the Fisherwoman, whose husband is tall, chiseled and surprisingly limber.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBecause he's made of wicker. The Fisherwoman, played by Olivia Colman, commissions a Basketmaker to weave him. The husband is Alexander Skarsgård.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the evidence for is strong. Skarsgård says it's a beautiful love story, funny and irreverent, with commentary on patriarchy and marriage.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd the Atlantic called it a cautionary tale about marriage.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA cautionary tale is just a love story with a safety briefing.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe catch, according to The Hollywood Reporter: the only full frontal nudity is the wicker man, far off in the water. Fans may be disappointed.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFar off. In the water. That's called leaving them wanting more.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI rate it Medium Bonkers: the husband is real, the hotness is a review.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd he's the only husband in Hollywood who has never once been woven into a bad mood.

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