Here are some new photos of Alex Skarsgard strutting his hot Viking ass around NYC this weekend. I think the jeans are unfortunate, but still… he’s such a lanky Viking. It’s hot. I want to bang him mostly to get him out of those fug clothes. Anyway, as we discussed last week, Alex has joined Prince Harry’s latest Walking with the Wounded challenge. Alex will be leading a group of American servicemen for a 208-mile trek to the South Pole. Harry will be leading a group of British servicemen and Dominic West will be leading a group of Commonwealth (Canadians and Aussies, probably) servicemen. Obviously, I think the Viking and the Americans will win. And Alex thinks so too:
Watch out Prince Harry, a vampire has set his sights on you. Alexander Skarsgard, who plays Norse vampire Eric Northman in the hit series True Blood, is racing to the South Pole against the British royal in November to raise funds for the Walking with the Wounded charity and says he has the mental and physical skills to beat the prince.
“I’m pretty stubborn and motivated and I don’t give up easily,” Skarsgard, 37, told PEOPLE at Thursday’s Calvin Klein Spring 2014 Collection after party in N.Y.C. “I’m very focused and we’re not going to lose!”
Prince Harry is the charity’s patron and the event features three teams of wounded soldiers from the U.K., U.S. and Australia/Canada racing across the snow and ice of Antarctica for 16 days to raise funds for rehabilitation services for military veterans.
The Swedish-born actor hasn’t met the 28-year-old prince yet, but says he’s eager to introduce himself – at the finish life.
“I’m very excited to meet him. I’ll be with my U.S. teammates at the South Pole welcoming him,” Skarsgard says with a laugh. “I’ll be happy to see him when he arrives. We will be there first though!”
And how will the HBO hunk greet the prince? With some trash talk?
“No, I’m going to give him a high five when I meet him,” he says. “I hear he’s an amazing guy. I admire him for being involved with Walking with the Wounded for a couple of years and taking the time to help wounded soldiers. It’s going to be an honor to meet him.”
Alex also told E! News that he’s “honored” to be asked to participate. Yeah. VIKING THUNDER is going to win. Ginger Thunder will give him a run for his money, I’m sure, but Vikings are built for this kind of thing. The ginger prince will not going to be able to keep up in the long run. Especially when the Viking gets cold and needs to warm up by drinking a little, and then he’ll end up doing a morale-boosting drunken chant in Swedish and the Americans will rally. That’s how it will happen in my slash-fiction screenplay, The Viking & the Ginger. At some point, Harry and Alex will need to be naked, their bodies pressed against each other for heat.
Here’s the rallying cry the Americans will be hearing:
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
So….I have never watched True Blood, and last week I YouTube’d some of the most naked scenes, to see what all the fuss is about. Me likey! Go Team Naked Viking!
I haven’t got that far, Anna, but I won’t lie: this whole thing has suddenly put ASkars right on my radar (how did I not notice his lankiness before?) I want much coverage.
ha, that’s always a good team to be on! Who to choose The Viking or The Ginger? Actually I think they should join forces and start fighting crime in their skinsuits.
Exactly. How can we make a call until we see them properly [un]attired?
I can’t lie though: I’m Team Dominic West.
I think we all are, on some level.
There’s going to be too much hotness of one pole (heh heh… I said ‘pole) contributing to global warming….
Good God. I’m hoping for a tie.
Sorry Viking, but Team GB is going to kick your hot, Swedish butt!
They’re going to be filming this, right? I really hope there’s a documentary like the one last year(?) about the Everest expedition.
ITV will show it in Britain.
And NBC in the United States, apparently early in 2014 for both.
As for the jeans, oh these are much better jeans than he usually wears, these fit him. His normal taste in jeans have been to the more baggy side, especially in the ass. These emphasize his legs very nicely.
Though it would look better if he got all the crap out of his pockets, as to not ruin the line of the pants.
What Amelia said!!
Seeing as your friend knows Harry personally, Amelia, have her talk him into a helmet-cam and we can watch from the bunker!!
😌Between such hotties, I’ve been left stuggling to breathe!!!!:). Surely, they should come to my rescue!
I just want the Viking to throw of the pedestrian shackles of nationalist teams, rip open his parka to reveal a football shirt (or something Swedish and insane written on his chest in sharpie) and run across the finish line in slow motion, shrieking football chants while chariots of fire plays in the background.
And if that doesn’t happen, GO TEAM GB!
Oh, well, if we’re nation-bending, I want Dominic West to breast the line first with a shout of “What the f*ck did *I* do?”
The other two can moan to each other about the unfair advantage given to natural poh-lice.
I want more Dominic West on TV. Ideally in a show that involves him babysitting a hammered Swede.
Picturing The Wire’s railway line and abandoned car, only with hot Ginger Harry and hot lanky ASkars replacing Bunk.
It would be a nice, cheap show. Just the one set.
With guest appearances for Puddletom as the comedy uptight flatmate. I need a little more Magnus in my life.
“You guys, it’s getting chilly and the policeman is starting his rounds. I don’t want to get told off. Can’t we go home and read some Shakespeare now?”
*ASkars, Harry and Dominic respond by initiating a p!ssing contest over the train tracks*
And he’s the type that would absolutely over use “guys” in attempt to show that he’s really not that uptight. Example:
“okay you guys, I mean, I like as much fun with the guys as anyone, but don’t you guys think that it’s getting a little silly now? I mean, it’s great to be able to pee HRH into the snow guys, but it’s really starting to come down now guys and my mittens are getting wet.”
Puddletom absolutely wears mittens. Awwwwww. Hand knit?
Rooting for Alex and my homies but they’re all winners in the hotness race.
Kaiser, it might go down like this – Alex wins, Harry comes to his tent to congratulate him… which *somehow* turns into nude wrestling… hot, sinewy bodies writhing…
between the two of them I’m shocked the entire race isn’t to be done in the buff.
I am now officially Team GiGi. I am here to offer my full support in whatever I can do to make this happen. I shall be “Official Reason to get Boys Naked Finder” to expedite the wrestling.
Now if only Alex & Harry were Team GiGi, too…
Kaiser! Don’t forget my true-heart Dominic in your slasher fiction screenplay.
True, he’s older than the others but age/experience is pretty damn sexy – and he and his team just might win!
Go Jimmy McNulty!
I can’t decide who to root for; I’d just like to be at the celebratory piss up at the finish line!
Kick his arse, Skarsgard!
Team Viking Thunder.
I was reading a bit about this over the weekend and I think one of the guys on his team is blind due to an injury in Iraq, and doing this incredible feat. Kick-ass.
Great cause & I wish them all luck. Team U.S.A.
Whoever came up with this particular idea is my hero.
I’m torn between Team Viking and Team Prince Hot Ginger. It’s not fair.
This is such a cool organization. Team Alex!
Funny, I was reading the “Bieber as Robin?” article before this one. Nice to read about a real man working for such a cool cause.
saw ‘Melancholia’ for the 14th time over the weekend and…ahhhhhhhhhh.
that film is so gotdamned mesmerizing i can’t help but watch it from start to finish. Skarsie is such a delicate morsel. his character is a bit of a punk, but i don’t mind one. bit!
i am here for this clip exemplifying: VIKING-TESTOSTERONE-FOREVER!!!
oooh, oooh, ooooh!
He always seems to be by himself. Unless they crop the photo to make it appear that way.
Some of the pics of him walking on Friday were cropped, though some of them he was probably just wandering around on his own. There were a lot of photos from different times on Friday:
http://characteristicallyexuberant.tumblr.com/tagged/Alexander+Skarsgard/page/2
I’m Team Viking all the way (in pretty much everything, really), but no matter which team wins, it’s a win for a really incredible organization. I’d like to be at the finish line to welcome them all with open arms…and naked drinking!
Team VIKING THUNDER! So we have a 335 km trek across a frozen tundra, -40°C temps, 50 mph constant winds, harsh terrain, drinking melted snow for water, sensory deprivation, and walking for up to 18 hours per day. What could possibly go wrong here that won’t end up in frozen batshit drunken nudity? Please, dear God let someone be there to film it.
I love these guys and the service men and women for doing this. Amazing dedication and determination. So proud of them!