Alexander Skarsgård is keeping the heat alive well beyond his gay BDSM role in Pillion.

In a cover story with AnOther Magazine, the Swedish actor discussed his acclaimed performance as Ray, the leader of a gay biker gang in Harry Lighton’s lauded directorial debut, all while taking his kit off for a pair of skimpy leopard-print shorts.

The dark romantic drama, also starring Harry Melling as Colin, Ray’s submissive, has made headlines for its raunchy sex scenes — from a blow-job behind Primark to a woods-set orgy that ranks among the most explicit queer sex scenes ever put on screen in a mainstream film.