Alexander Skarsgard hits the MTV Movie Awards stage without his pants

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Alexander Skarsgard showed off his muscular legs while pantsless on stage at the 2016 MTV Movie Awards at the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif.

The 39-year-old actor hit the stage to present the award for Best Movie with Samuel L. Jackson on Saturday night and looked incredibly dapper in a suit, but opted to not put on his suit pants.

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Why did he decide to present in just his tighty-whities? Well, the star alluded to Zac Efron's shirtless stunt from the award show a few years back and decided that, instead of trying to one-up Efron by also going shirtless, he would go the opposite route: Leave his shirt on and take off his pants.

See photos of Alexander Skarsgard in his underwear on stage:

He called his own stunt "a bit more classy" and "sophisticated" than Efron's which, we have to admit, is subject to your own interpretation.

Regardless, we aren't complaining about Skarsgard's joke -- it was quite the sight for sore eyes.

See photos from the 2016 MTV Movie Awards red carpet:

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