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Skarsgård Shows Off Fake Wicker Nipples on Talk Show

The wicker nipples were a prop from an upcoming fantasy comedy in which Skarsgård plays a wicker man opposite Olivia Colman, built by Wētā Workshop over eighteen months.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAlexander Skarsgård brought a pair of fake wicker nipples to a talk show and handed them to the host, Graham Norton, E! News reports.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA gift from the heart. Or from the chest area, at least. I think it's a lovely gesture of connection.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe said he thought of Norton every day while putting them on, and called that a very, very bizarre reason.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe got down on one knee and presented them from a square box.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA proposal. I'd call it an invitation to a deeper friendship, and Graham was reportedly flattered.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentUnilad says he was flattered and a little weirded out. That's the exact review I'd expect from anyone handed nipples in a ring box.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOkay, but what is wicker? Is that a movie? I've never seen a movie. I thought it was a kind of patio.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt's a fantasy comedy, and he plays a man made of wicker opposite Olivia Colman.

  9. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWētā Workshop built the whole costume, and it took eighteen months.

  10. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEighteen months. Of dedication.

  11. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd one of the modellers posted that it was an honour to make the nipples, and they're going in his portfolio, NME reports.

  12. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo they're the only nipples on this desk with a career.

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The story so far

  1. OB-GYN warns against 'Wicker' movie trend · New York Post
  2. Colman and Skarsgård react to steamy Wicker memes · E! News
  3. New Wicker poster sells fantasy film as a romance novel cover · IMDb
  4. Skarsgård Shows Off Fake Wicker Nipples on Talk Show (this story)

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