--- title: Internet Reacts to Alexander Skarsgard Mustache at Emmys description: The internet could not contain its thoughts about Alexander Skarsgard's Emmy night facial hair canonical: https://time.com/4946124/internet-reacts-to-alexander-skarsgard-at-emmys/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-18T15:27:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:21.342Z og:title: Internet Has Feelings About Alexander Skarsgard's Mustache og:description: The Big Little Lies star debuted a new look at the Emmy Awards og:url: https://time.com/4946124/internet-reacts-to-alexander-skarsgard-at-emmys/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6d04bbfe4934734/6988de3dbc6cfc2af93e320a/gettyimages-848808380.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1472 og:image:height: 828 og:image:alt: 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - Press Room og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Internet Has Feelings About Alexander Skarsgard's Mustache twitter:description: The Big Little Lies star debuted a new look at the Emmy Awards twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6d04bbfe4934734/6988de3dbc6cfc2af93e320a/gettyimages-848808380.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Has Made Its Strong Feelings About Alexander Skarsgard's Emmy Mustache Known > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 18, 2017 3:27 PM UTC Alexander Skarsgård won Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series for his role as in _Big Little Lies_ during the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. The internet, however, was not as interested in his craft or how a nice guy like Skarsgård managed to wholly embody the abuser Perry in the HBO series. All the internet wanted to know: what the heck was that mustache doing on Skarsgård’s face. > [](https://twitter.com/klawls/status/909560588203970567) The internet had a few theories as to why the actor decided to sprout a little facial hair: > [](https://twitter.com/aimeok/status/909617658890412032) > [](https://twitter.com/thisisjelli/status/909560943012712449) > [](https://twitter.com/ZenLizzie/status/909561117537705984) Some Twitter commentators hated the ’stache: > [](https://twitter.com/AmericanMerman/status/909562132571795456) > [](https://twitter.com/4lisaguerrero/status/909561423012999168) While others realized that they could find still manage to Skarsgård attractive despite the facial hair: > [](https://twitter.com/GRIZZtina80/status/909568373939478529) > [](https://twitter.com/joshgondelman/status/909586721804713984) A few Twitter users did their part to prevent this mustache thing from becoming a full-blown trend, reminding the social network that very, very few people can make a mustache look good. > [](https://twitter.com/pop%5Fwitch/status/909586286138273792) > [](https://twitter.com/AnyaGeo/status/909560605262143488) Got it hand it to those Skarsgård men, though, they look good even when sporting 1940s style mustaches or nightmarish grins. 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