Alexander Skarsgard and Jack McBrayer's date at the racetrack

[quote] They made a cute couple. They "dated" for over a year before a source finally said they're just friends. But there's no denying they actively tried to give the impression they were a couple. And the weird thing is, they haven't been seen together since, so why would they break up if they were just friends?

“Ellen and I are friends,” he assured the German edition of OK! magazine, jokingly adding: “If I was really dating every woman I’ve been linked to, I would never be out of bed!”

Alexander isn’t sure he would be open to romancing someone in the same industry as him again.

“Besides; dating actresses is hard,” he continued.

“They usually don’t have time for things like that. When they do have time, then it’s me who’s standing in front of a camera somewhere else. Also: I don’t treat a new film set as an opportunity to score some dates!”

[quote] Whenever two actors star in a movie about a couple or some other intimate relationship, rumors immediately start to circle that they're actually intimately involved with each other off-screen, too. It's not wrong for fans to speculate, given that actors actually falling for each other on set (or cheating on their IRL partners with their co-stars) does happen every once in a while. But for The East stars Alexander Skarsgard and Elliot Page, rumors about a possible fling started because of another age old Hollywood tradition — hyping a movie.

Back in 2013, a picture of Skarsgard and Page cuddling with each other started to make its rounds on social media. Per People, people immediately started wondering if the two were an item. You can see why: The picture exudes so much chemistry it makes your teeth hurt. They look very much in love. At the time, Page even retweeted the pic with the caption, "Canadian tuxedo party," making a joke about how they're both wearing denim outfits.

But that's all the picture was at the end of the day: a joke. Although they would have made a cute couple, the picture was tweeted out by The East director Zal Batmanglij, which Elliot Page and Alexander Skarsgard were starring in together at the time. After sources close to both parties confirmed that nothing was happening between the two stars, it's safe to assume that the image was just to show off the film's stars and to get people hyped about the indie film.

Although they might have made a great Hollywood couple, both stars have found love elsewhere since starring in the 2013 film. Page married his wife, Emma Portner, in 2018. The two are happily together, with Portner sharing a statement supporting Page after he came out as transgender in December 2020. Portner wrote, "Elliot's existence is a gift in and of itself. Shine on sweet E. Love you so much."

Meanwhile, Skarsgard is still single, but has dated some of Hollywood and fashion's biggest names. He's been linked to Elizabeth Olsen, Kate Bosworth, Alexa Chung, Alicia Vikander, Charlize Theron, and Katie Holmes, among others. So even though he was never publicly linked to Page in real life, they've both been doing just fine when it comes to their romantic lives.

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