“Like Conjuring Pure Evil”: Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu Vampire Gets Chilling Preview From Bill Skarsgård

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Summary Bill Skarsgård teases that audiences won't recognize him in character in Robert Eggers' Nosferatu.

Skarsgård's take on Count Orlok will be both sexy and repulsive.

Nosferatu also stars Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nicholas Hoult, and Ralph Ineson.

Nosferatu star Bill Skarsgård shares a chilling preview of his character in the upcoming Robert Eggers' film. Serving as a remake of the 1922 film of the same name, which is itself an unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula novel, Eggers' Nosferatu movie sees Skarsgård take on the role of the vampire Count Orlok. The film, which is Eggers' latest after The Witch, The Lighthouse, and The Northman, is expected to hit theaters later this year, but Skarsgård's character has remained shrouded in mystery and his appearance hasn't yet been made public.

Now, in a recent interview with Esquire, Skarsgård shares a new tease about his vampiric character in Nosferatu. According to the actor, he worked with an opera singer to bring his voice down to its lowest possible pitch, and his makeup for filming every day took between three and six hours. Check out his comments below:

“It took its toll. It was like conjuring pure evil. It took a while for me to shake off the demon that had been conjured inside of me. I do not think people are gonna recognize me in it. He’s gross. But it is very sexualized. It’s playing with a sexual fetish about the power of the monster and what that appeal has to you. Hopefully you’ll get a little bit attracted by it and disgusted by your attraction at the same time.”

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Source: Esquire