Alexander Skarsgård is still excited that the story in “ Pillion ” got to be told.

His latest film, directed by Harry Lighton, stars “Harry Potter” alumnus Harry Melling as a young gay man, Colin, embarking on a dominant/submissive relationship with a charismatic biker gang leader Ray (Skarsgård).

“I found that in this case, it’s not really relevant what my background is. I mean, I do have a kid, but what I’ve done in the past, who I’ve been with, men, women… To me, what was important was that this felt like an opportunity to tell a story about a subculture I hadn’t seen portrayed this way – with so much authenticity,” he said at Zurich Film Festival .

“My experience of watching this on screen was through [Al Pacino starrer] ‘Cruising,’ where it’s this dark underbelly of New York

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