Invoice Skarsgard says audiences will not be able to see him in Nosferatu. The actor stated this week his function in Robert Eggers‘ upcoming remake of the silent vampire movie “took its toll.”
“It was like conjuring pure evil. It took some time for me to shake off the demon that had been conjured inside me,” Skarsgard informed Esquire.
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror was a 1922 silent movie directed by F. W. Murnau, which was an unauthorized adaptation of Dracula that later turned a cult traditional. Eggers’ remake of the pic is about for launch this Christmas. Alongside Skarsgard, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney and Willem Dafoe additionally star.
Skarsgard will play Rely Orlok, the vampire antagonist. His costume and make-up have remained secret, however Skarsgard says he’s unsure audiences will acknowledge him. “He’s gross,” he stated of the character. “However it is rather sexualized. It’s taking part in with a sexual fetish in regards to the energy of the monster and what that attraction has to you. Hopefully you’ll get just a little bit attracted by it and disgusted by your attraction on the similar time.”
Eggers informed the outlet he was routinely impressed with Skarsgard’s dedication to the character’s evil. “I bear in mind early on, [Skarsgard] making an attempt to speak to me about what it meant to be a lifeless sorcerer — and I’m into some fairly heavy occult shit, however he was on a unique stage,” he stated. “I used to be like, ‘This sounds correct, however I don’t know learn how to converse about this with any fluidity.’”
Skarsgard’s dedication to horror goes past Eggers’ most up-to-date movie. He performed the terrifying clown in It and the villain in John Wick, and can quickly seem in The Crow this summer season. The actor stated he’s lengthy dreamed of working with Eggers, although. “You get a crush on somebody — you may’t cease fascinated about that particular person. I’ve solely had it a couple of occasions, however that was so true with Robert,” he stated. “It was like, ‘No matter this man does, I simply wish to be part of something that this man is making.’”