New images released from Alexander Skarsgård’s hot and steamy BDSM romance, Pillion

Not that we weren’t already excited for Alexander Skarsgård’s upcoming BDSM-romance film, Pillion, but new images have been released keeping that excitement very much alive.

The “kinky” film stars the True Blood actor as the leather-clad biker daddy Ray, who entices the meek traffic warden and barbershop-quartet fan Colin (Harry Potter‘s Harry Melling) into a dom/sub relationship. What follows is a journey of self-discovery involving back-alley hook-ups, boot licking and BDSM.

Much has been made of Skarsgård’s full-frontal nudity in the film, with the actor also teasing a “raunchier” version of the movie. The filmmakers cut some material before the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year.

Now Picturehouse Cinemas has released two new images from the film first spotted in the latest edition of Picturehouse Recommends.

One image shows Ray leaning on what we think is a bar staring intently at Colin who is looking away. From what we can tell, this may be from early on in the film during the men’s first encounter in which Ray assesses whether Colin could be his new sub.

The second image shows Colin outside looking solemn and holding a small puppy in his arms. The leather jacket on show could be a new thing for Colin who may be seeking to impress his new master.

Picturehouse also confirmed Pillion‘s UK release date of 28 November following the film screening at the London Film Festival.

Pillion premiered in Cannes to a seven-minute standing ovation as well as positive reviews. Vanity Fair described it as a “disarmingly poignant drama of discovery” as well as “graphic.” The Hollywood Reporter called the film, adapted from the 2020 novel Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones, “a cheeky delight.”

Director Harry Lighton told Variety he made edits because he didn’t want audiences to feel “deliberately shocked by an image.” As for an example, he detailed, “there was one close up of a d*ck, a hard d*ck… like down the barrel of the lens. And after watching the film, I thought, yeah, cutting it was probably the right decision.”

Also speaking to Variety, Skarsgård said: “There’s definitely a raunchier version of this movie… what you’ve seen is the family-friendly version… there’s also the Alexander Skarsgård cut.”

Pillion will be in cinemas from 28 November.

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