United Kingdom, Jan. 26 -- Alexander Skarsgard doesn't feel "comfortable" playing "good-hearted" characters.

The 49-year-old actor admitted his latest role in Wicker left him feeling "quite intimidated", not because he plays a man made of sticks but because he was playing someone without "darkness" for a change.

Speaking during a Q+A for the movie at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend, he said: "I was quite intimidated when I read it because I tend to be drawn towards more conflicted characters with more internal turmoil and darkness.

"And to play this good-hearted, good natured, sweet, morally righteous character was scary to me. I'm not really comfortable doing that."

He then jokingly added: "I don't have anything to tap into w...