With Alexander Skarsgard's growing popularity as Eric on True Blood, Star Magazine did some digging into his past work. What they discovered was that he once played a transvestite in the 2006 movie Kill Your Darlings. A small independent film from Swedish director Bjorne Larson, Kill Your Darlings features a motley crew of quirky characters on a road trip to Las Vegas to see a celebrity TV psychiatrist (a "Dr. Phil" type). The adventure soon becomes a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with the group of misfits. Alexander plays Geert, a 6'4" transvestite with suicidal tendencies after a string of relationships with cruel men. Star spoke to the movie's costume designer, Gina Hendrix, about what it was like dressing Alexander: "It was a real hunt to find things that fit him. We finally found his main outfit, a dress and camisole, in a plus-size store for ladies. And let me tell you, the only women's shoes out there that can fit a man's size 13 foot look like they belong to a prostitute."The ensemble cast includes some other familiar faces, including Dexter's Julie Benz and Boston Legal's John Larroquette. The film was praised for its wacky, dark humor and was selected for the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. It's nice to see some of Alexander's depth as an actor. Most of us have probably only seen him playing the Viking vampire, Eric Northman, on True Blood, and perhaps as a Marine sergeant on HBO's Generation Kill. His role in Kill Your Darlings certainly shows his softer side! Fans of Alexander might just want to take a look at a particular scene from the movie in which he shaves his chest and legs while wearing very little clothing. SOURCE: starmagazine.com (Photo credit: Lubbe Garell)
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