Bill Skarsgård Teases His ‘Nosferatu’ Look and Performance; “Disgusting” and “Very sexualized”

Although we have seen Dracula on the big screen in recent films including Renfield, Demeter’s final journey and this year Abigaildirector Robert Eggers (The witch, the lighthouse, the Northman) is going in a slightly different direction with his next film. He’s about to go wild Nosferatua new take on the classic pre-Bela Lugosi film Dracula.

Bill Skarsgard will play the title character (also known as Count Orlok) for Robert Eggers, and he teases his top-secret performance in a new conversation with Esquire this week.

We’re saying “top secret” of course, because the film’s marketing has yet to reveal the character’s appearance. But it looks like Skarsgård dove scary into the role. To begin, Esquire explains that the actor “worked with an opera singer to lower his voice to the lowest possible level,” And “spent three to six hours every day doing makeup and prosthetics.”

“It took its toll,” he told Esquire in his own words. “It was like conjuring up pure evil. It took me a while to get rid of the demon that had been evoked within me..”

“I don’t think people will recognize me there,” Skarsgård continues.

He also teases, “He’s disgusting.” But it’s very sexualized. It’s about playing with a sexual fetish about monster power and what that appeal has for you. I hope this will attract you a little and that your attraction will disgust you at the same time..”

Focus features will be released Nosferatu in theaters for Christmas on December 25, 2024.

“Robert Eggers” Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman in 19th century Germany and the ancient vampire of Transylvania who stalks her, bringing with him unspeakable horror.

Eggers (The witch, the man of the North) directs and he wrote the screenplay. Eggers also serves as producer alongside Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, Jeff Robinov and John Graham.

FW Murnau directed the original 1922 version of Nosferatuwhile his compatriot Werner Herzog notably made his own version of the classic tale in 1979.

The 1922 silent film follows the vampire Count Orlok, who wants to buy a house in Germany and becomes infatuated with the real estate agent’s wife. It was an unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”, which led to almost all copies being destroyed.