Malin Akerman praises her ‘sexually powerful’ character on ‘The Hunting Wives’: ‘I feel like hot s–t’

Malin Akerman loves her “The Hunting Wives” character, Margo Banks.

“It’s a nosy character,” nan character exclusively told Page Six astatine nan Gotham Television Awards successful New York City Monday night. “She’s unapologetic, sexually powerful, who doesn’t want to do that?”

Akerman, 48, added that she’s “living vicariously” done Banks and “enjoying each azygous infinitesimal to output that power,” but noted that “she’s not a awesome domiciled model!”

The deed Netflix bid debuted successful 2025 and follows nan communicative of Banks (Akerman), a sexy housewife and nan queen bee of an elite and able socialite group of wives. She ends up taking a romanticist liking successful nan newcomer of nan group, Sophie O’Neil, played by Brittany Snow.

The bid — which features plentifulness of risqué moments, including immoderate threesomes — will beryllium backmost for a 2nd season.

Akerman laughed retired large erstwhile we asked her if she feels for illustration “hot s–t” erstwhile she plays nan sexually provocative character.

“When I get nan wig on, and I get into character, and nan accent,” she replied. “Yeah, it feels for illustration basking s–t! It’s Margo f–king Banks! She’s each astir it!”

Dermot Mulroney, who plays Margo’s lecherous husband, Jed Banks, was arsenic effusive astir nan show erstwhile Page Six chatted pinch him astir it past year.

“It’s brought truthful overmuch joyousness to group already,” he gushed. “So nosy to beryllium a portion of.”

“I deliberation possibly we haven’t had, like, campy sizzle for a small while,” he noted. “The show conscionable really caught group correct successful nan funny bone, and you know, immoderate different bones you want to mention.”

Elsewhere successful her Page Six interview, Akerman — who was calved successful Sweden — besides said astir what Americans deliberation astir her location country.

“Sweden often gets mistaken for Switzerland,” she explained, adding that erstwhile she arrived stateside, group often asked her astir nan fictitious Swedish Bikini Team, a group of models who appeared successful an advertizing run for Old Milwaukee beer.

“I was like, ‘Swedish Bikini Team? There is nary Swedish Bikini Team!” she exclaimed.

However, nan “Billions” alum said she does bask 1 American return connected a celebrated look from her country: IKEA’s Swedish meatballs.

“My boy is obsessed pinch IKEA meatballs. We get them each clip we spell to IKEA,” she said. “[But] I for illustration my homemade ones.”