Alexander Skarsgard sparkled in drag at his movie premiere

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Tricia Gilbride
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Alexander Skarsgard is 6'4" -- and that's without heels and a bouffant.

The actor showed up to the premiere of his new film, Diary of a Teenage Girl, in full drag. He towered over his co-stars in a glistening golden gown and blonde wig, sparkling just like a Twilight vampire (even though he was in True Blood instead).

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The film, based on Phoebe Gloeckner's 2002 graphic novel, follows a teenage girl as she tries to navigate adolescence in 1970s San Francisco -- and finds herself having an affair with her mother's boyfriend, played by Skarsgard.

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The Daily Mail suggested that Skarsgard was honoring his co-star, drag performer Joshua Grannell, who goes by the stage name Peaches Christ.

At the premiere, Skarsgard posed with Grannell, entertainer Cousin Wonderlette, star Bel Powley, director Marielle Heller and her husband/executive producer, The Lonely Island's Jorma Taccone.

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