“People think there’s this invisible ladder and you have to get to the next rung of the ladder,” Alexander Skarsgård tells The Times. “It’s easy to forget to check in with yourself and ask, ‘Well, what do I want to do?’ You can get swept away. I’m trying to get down the ladder to the ground.” Skarsgård has built a thriving career since breaking out in HBO's “True Blood.” Dabbling in film and TV, he can veer from hilarious (see his “SNL” opening monologue) to hardened and dangerous. But right now his work is colliding in a particularly exciting chapter. At the forefront is #Pillion, a provocatively daring film that eschews shock value for real emotion. Skarsgård laughingly calls it a “kinky gay biker rom-com” and it is, but it’s also an endearing coming-of-age story. He can also be seen alongside Charli xcx in #TheMoment. At the link in latimes_entertainment's bio, Skarsgård digs into his career and latest projects. 📸 therealchristinahouse