Alexander Skarsgård's wicker suit catches Graham Norton by surprise

A practical costume question turns into a spoiler joke when John Malkovich joins the conversation.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 130,860 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (12,519).

Alexander Skarsgård rocked real wicker | The Graham Norton Show - BBC

Norton thought it was digital. Alexander Skarsgård's woven costume in the comedy fantasy Wicker looked to the host like something added over a green suit, not something the actor actually wore.

"So you are, actually covered in wicker?" Norton asks in the BBC's unusually fast-starting Short from The Graham Norton Show. The clip has drawn about 72,000 views in nine hours, putting it on pace for roughly ten times the channel's usual first-day Shorts audience.

Little Simz takes the costume question a step further, asking whether puppetry or mechanical effects were involved. Skarsgård explains that one part near the film's ending was puppeteered, but tries to avoid revealing too much. Malkovich promptly offers a blunt anatomical guess, sending the panel into laughter.

"That's a spoiler!" Skarsgård protests. Malkovich's reply makes the interruption funnier: "Sorry, I haven't seen it."

The comments pick up on Malkovich's contribution and Skarsgård's conspicuous green, leafy knit sweater. Others recognize the actor through earlier roles, including his turn as Meekus in Zoolander. A conversation about an elaborate film costume has also become a small reunion with the characters viewers still associate with his voice.

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The numbers

The wicker-costume clip is starting much faster than a usual BBC Short. The channel also has fast-starting uploads featuring Shirley Ballas and Hannah Fry's account of diesel-car testing.

the video's first day

usual first day here

12,519

this video

130,860

subscribers

15,700,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

12,933,098,490

views per day

5,475,137

typical day: 3,697,646

the video

views

72,238

likes

1,706

comments

24

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Gordon Ramsay

22,000,000

BBC

15,700,000

HISTORY

15,500,000

Dropout

15,300,000

Comedy Central

12,600,000

Still Watching Netflix

11,000,000

As of October 14, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.