The charm radiating from Count Orlock nosferatu It’s more than just decaying skin. And this is by design by director Robert Eggers, who discussed his choice to move away from Max Schreck’s classic. nosferatu A modern sexy vampire with good looks.
“Edward Cullen, the most highly regarded modern vampire. twilightIt’s not scary at all,” Eggers said. gold derby. “So I wanted to go back to folk stories. This is because early Balkan and Slavic vampire tales were written by people who believed that vampires existed and were afraid of them. So there must be something scary there. And these early folkloric vampires looked like rotting corpses. It’s more like how we think of zombies in modern movies. So that was an interesting theory.”
Ironically, the last person to play the hot rotting corpse is also another love interest. nosferatuEllen Hutter – Remember Nicholas Hoult. warm body? Here he is just Thomas Hutter. He is an ordinary man who is fooled by the power of the centuries-old Rotting Liz.
What can we say? That mustache Bill Skarsgård really suits Defenders of the Transylvanian Tom Selleck, who completely exceeded our expectations of what a vampire should look and sound like. In the same interview, Eggers went on to say: “Not everyone is a fan of facial hair. But I think it’s essential. If you look at photos of Transylvanian nobles and find one without a mustache or beard, please let me know. I think he probably had a beard too. However, Dracula in the novel has a mustache. Vlad the Impaler had a mustache. This is a very common Eastern European beard style. So I felt like that helped him fit into that world and become part of that world.” It’s really historical accuracy.
The film is full-blown gothic horror, inevitably succumbing to an overly dramatic death of a Transylvanian nobleman. He has a tendency to make life hell for everyone around the object of his affection if he doesn’t get his way. Skarsgård shared: esquire He said the performance “caused great harm” and was “like conjuring up pure evil.” “It took me some time to shake off the demon that was summoned within me.”
Thank the horror gods, Bill was a nerd and went on to establish himself as one of the screen’s best character actors. His brother Alexander, who played the vampire Eric, proved that vampires can still be disgustingly seductive even without the shiny chest or luscious golden locks. true blood.
Bill Skarsgård said of his take on Orlok, “It’s about playing with the sexual fetish of the monster’s power and what that fascination has for you.” “I want you to be attracted to it and repulsed by your attraction at the same time.” And as for Anne Rice, I swear he and Eggers did it. Disgusting, swamp rat-eating Lestat (both) seems like a cute little character compared to Skarsgård. He even sounds powerful, almost hypnotic. Seriously, magic? Bill surpasses Ralph Ineson’s tenor accent in the film. Ralph Ineson stars with a deep, operatic voice that shakes his hips. How else to explain the physical trance that Lily-Rose Depp performed as Ellen?
Orlok really has an appetite. it’s okay. If you squint hard enough, Skarsgård’s eyes seep through the disheveled profile of his infectiously scabbed face. We understand why Ellen flopped down on it and died, the gorgeous and grotesque mutually guaranteed destruction of Beauty and the Beast. It’s a really old story.
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