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"Battleship" comes sailing into theaters on May 18, but we've got an exclusive clip from the upcoming movie to help ease the wait. In it, Taylor Kitsch makes a birthday wish that we're sure many 20-something men have made: he wants to date Brooklyn Decker.

As we already know, that wish comes true. The plot of the movie revolves around Kitsch's relationship with Decker's character and her father (played by Liam Neeson), as well as the whole alien invasion taking place. This scene looks to be when Kitsch first meets Decker, though Alexander Skarsgard's character is doing everything in his power to prevent that.

It makes sense that Skarsgard would think that his marine brother wouldn't have a shot with a blonde bombshell who looks like a Sports Illustrated model because, after all, Decker was just that. We're glad that these two get a happily ever after (or at least they do until all hell breaks loose) instead of Decker turning him down immediately. But for all we know she could turn him down here and then make him fight for her affections. Either way works for us.

This is the most we've seen of Skarsgard in any of the ads for "Battleship." We'd been worried that the "True Blood" star would end up getting the short straw and not get much screen time in the flick based on how little we've seen him in the trailer. It's nice to see his relationship with Kitsch's character at the forefront of this clip, and hopefully that's indicative of the rest of the movie as well.

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