Rory Culkin's full-frontal nude scene in Swarm is breaking the internet

21 March 2023, 17:13

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By Sam Prance

Fans were not expecting to see Rory Culkin's penis in Swarm.

Prime's new TV show Swarm has multiple shock moments and fans are losing it over Rory Culkin's nude scene in episode 1.

Inspired by stan culture, Swarm tells the story of a young woman named Dre whose obsession with a fictional singer results in her committing multiple murders. Dre's favourite pop star Ni'Jah is based on Beyoncé and many of the show's storylines are based on real events. Swarm has received critical acclaim for Dominique Fishback's incredible performance as Dre.

Swarm also has multiple brilliant guest-stars and it's Rory Culkin's appearance that's truly captured the internet's attention.

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In episode 1, Dre goes to a club after a fight with her sister Marissa. Here she meets a man played by Rory Culkin. Dre goes home with Rory's character and the following morning she wakes up to find Rory's character naked in front of her offering her strawberries. The screen then cuts to a close up of a glass bowl of strawberries pressed against Rory's penis.

Naturally, viewers were shocked by the scene. One person tweeted: "They put rory culkin on swarm all of 5 minutes just so he could show his dick next to a bowl of strawberries?????" Another added: "I screamed seeing rory culkin in swarm and then screamed 30 seconds later seeing the bowl of strawberries, i’m obsessed with the show already."

It's worth mentioning that, as the scene cuts from Rory's face to his penis, it's very likely that a body double was used for the full/frontal moment.

What fans may not realise though is the scene is inspired by one of Swarm co-creator Donald Glover's real hookups. Talking to Insider, Donald's fellow co-creator Janine Nabers said: ""Donald told this very funny story about a girl who he really liked, and how after they hooked [up], he was standing there with a bowl of cherries, just being like, 'Hey,'"

Janine continued: "She was like, so not into it, because it's so weird to hook up with a guy that you barely know and then wake up with him holding a bowl of cherries."

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