Wicker 2026 Movie Review Trailer

 Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer, a couple in real life, discuss the signs that their film was destined to become an erotic phenomenon and an endless source of memes: "While working on these scenes, we realized they turned out to be surprisingly sexier than we had imagined."

*Wicker*—a fantasy romantic comedy centered on an outcast fisherwoman who enjoys rather boisterous nights with her wicker husband—might well look familiar to you.

Directors: Alex Huston Fischer, Eleanor Wilson
Writers: Alex Huston Fischer, Ursula Wills, Eleanor Wilson
Stars: Richard E. Grant, Alexander Skarsgård, Olivia Colman

The film, the work of directors, co-writers, and real-life married couple Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer, has taken on a life of its own since social media—and that corner of the internet where memes are born—discovered this intimate independent feature.

And who could blame them? Based on the 14-page short story *The Wicker Husband* by Ursula Wills-Jones, the film stars Oscar-winning British actress Olivia Colman as the town outcast. Fed up with the snide remarks of her neighbors (led by *The Crown*'s Elizabeth Debicki), she decides to ask the local basket-weaver (Peter Dinklage) to craft her a husband out of his materials. Enter Alexander Skarsgård as an "enchanted" spouse made entirely of wicker, whose raw sex appeal and tender devotion to the fisherwoman leave the entire town—for better or worse—thoroughly bewildered.

Interestingly, *Wicker* might have been a difficult project to get off the ground, had it not been for Colman joining the team as both lead actress and executive producer. "You’re always trying to push a boulder uphill," Fischer tells *The Hollywood Reporter*. "But then, Olivia came on board. And suddenly—boom!" Everything gained dizzying momentum. Skarsgård, who—much like Colman—has made bold professional choices in recent years, proved to be the only one capable of doing justice to this "gentleman in shining wicker." "We wanted him to be incredibly attractive and to bear a resemblance to the actor," Wilson explains to *THR*.

Yet, even with two major Hollywood stars on board, the pair could not have foreseen just how much eroticism *Wicker*—and his online persona—would end up exuding. "Everyone on set fell in love with them as a pair, right from the camera test," says Fischer. "So, when the trailer dropped, we learned a great deal about the internet and viral dynamics."

Wilson and Fischer engage in a candid conversation about the journey of *Wicker*—from the film *Black Bear*—spanning its premiere at Sundance to its arrival at the BFI London Film Festival last week. They discuss the remarkably impressive work of a New Zealand-based special effects studio in crafting the—hand-made—wicker suit worn by Skarsgård; the film’s surprisingly tender message, which catches the audience off guard; and why a project centered, in part, on the power of a wicker penis might be exactly what everyone was waiting for.

Watch Wicker 2026 Movie Trailer