Alexander Skarsgård’s Unexpected Link to a Harry Potter Star Comes to Light
On The Graham Norton Show, Alexander Skarsgård jolted Miriam Margolyes with a forgotten first-meeting reveal, turning the couch into a chorus of laughter.
Alexander Skarsgard went on The Graham Norton Show and casually reminded Miriam Margolyes that they actually met years ago. She had no memory of it. He had the receipts, and a killer punchline. Classic Norton couch energy ensued.
The forgotten first meeting
Long before they were sharing TV time, Skarsgard says he once visited a room Margolyes was renting in her Santa Monica condo while he was hunting for a place to live. Margolyes, 84 and best known to a lot of folks as the Harry Potter star, drew a blank. Skarsgard, The Northman star, played it dry, joking that he clearly made a massive impression back then.
The joke that stopped the room
When Margolyes asked why he never took the room, Skarsgard dialed up the bit: he said the apartment was gorgeous and she was very charming, but he worried a 'strong sexual connection' would make things messy. The audience and everyone on the couch lost it.
'Darling, I'm 84 and gay, and I've been with my partner for 58 years.'
Skarsgard, without missing a beat, deadpanned that he probably misread the situation. Perfectly timed, perfectly silly.
So... did anything actually happen?
According to Skarsgard, they did at least spend a lovely afternoon together back then. Margolyes still didn't seem to remember it, but Graham Norton chimed in to back him up, saying that part was true.
And then the couch went full chaos mode
Norton turned to fellow guest Nicola Coughlan with a cheeky follow-up about whether she had also almost worked with or almost lived with Margolyes. Coughlan volleyed back with a joke about being Margolyes's daughter, and Skarsgard piled on by declaring himself her dad. More laughter. More chaos. Exactly the kind of unhinged, delightful detour this show exists for.