Alexander Skarsgård raises eyebrows with ‘Lick My Worm’ T-shirt at ‘Wicker’ screening

Alexander Skarsgård brought a cheeky “Wicker” quote to the film’s New York screening on Tuesday. Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock

He knows how to reel ’em in.

Alexander Skarsgård, 50, hit a special screening of “Wicker” at New York’s AMC Lincoln Square 13 on Tuesday in a white T-shirt reading “Lick My Worm.”

Artist Flora Miles custom-made the cheeky tee, and the actor made sure nobody missed it under his suit jacket.

“Make sure they see the worm,” he quipped in video from the event as he posed with the cast.

His white tee spelled out “Lick My Worm,” a line from Olivia Colman’s character. Marion Curtis/StarPix for BlackBear/Shutterstock
Actor Stellan Skarsgård joined his son at AMC Lincoln Square. Marion Curtis/StarPix for BlackBear/INSTARimages
In the film, Skarsgård plays the Wicker Husband, crafted for Colman’s character by Peter Dinklage’s Basketmaker. Black Bear

The phrase is one of Olivia Colman’s lines from the film, in which she plays the Fisherwoman, a village outcast who orders herself a husband woven from wicker.

Stellan Skarsgård came out to cheer on his son, joined by Colman and directors Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer.

Stylist Harry Lambert, who is also dressing Harry Styles for his 30-night Madison Square Garden residency, put together the look.

The worm is just the latest curveball of Skarsgård’s “Wicker” promo run. He’s also sat for interviews in a vintage “I’m With Stupid” tee and a JW Anderson sweater sprouting knitted flowers, leaves and moss.

“He is a hot basket,” Colman said of her co-star’s wicker getup. Black Bear
The “True Blood” alum doesn’t shy away from a red carpet risk: he went shirtless under a gold Saint Laurent suit paired with see-through shoes at the London premiere. Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for BFI
On “The Graham Norton Show,” Skarsgård wore a JW Anderson sweater that looked freshly foraged. Jas Lehal Media Assignments/PA Images/INSTARimages

At the London premiere last week, he went shirtless under a gold Saint Laurent suit and bared his toes in see-through shoes from the brand.

Daring footwear is familiar territory for the Swede, who wore Saint Laurent’s thigh-high boots at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. He also embraced a saucy wardrobe of leather, short shorts and sequins on his Pillion” press tour earlier this year.

His co-stars approve of his on-screen getup, too. “He’s easy on the eye anyway, but he put him in a basket outfit and… who knew?” Colman told Variety at Sundance.

“Even maybe a little bit sexier,” Elizabeth Debicki chimed in, to which Colman replied, “He is a hot basket.”

“Wicker” opens in select theaters Oct. 23 before expanding nationwide Oct. 30.

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