Nosferatu star Nicholas Hoult says Bill Skarsgård’s intimidating "physical presence" as Count Orlok terrified him on set of the vampire horror

Nicholas Hoult in Nosferatu
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From what we have seen so far from the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nosferatu trailer and little sneak peeks, Bill Skarsgård looks completely unrecognizable as Count Orlok in Robert Eggers’s upcoming horror movie remake. But co-star Nicholas Hoult says the IT sta♛r was much more frightening on set.

"Bill's very intimidating. He's a physical presence. You know? He's a tall, big guy," said Hoult to GamไesRadar+ at the UK premiere of Nosferatu. "Then he had the big costume on top of that, and his hat, and the makeup, and the physicality he brought to the character, but also the intensity. It's a wonderful performance. I'm excited for people to see it."

Skarsgård is no stranger to bringing terrifying monsters to life and working under a lot of prosthetics in the process. In the 2017 movie IT, th♈e star plays Stephen King’s child-eating clown Pennywise. Now, Skarsgård is using his shapeshifting abilities to bring Orlok to a modern audience in Nosferatu,ཧ which follows the ancient Transylvanian corpse’s pursuit of a young woman named Ellen Hutter (Lily-Rose Depp), in Victorian-era Germany.

Eggers’s Nosferatu is based on the 1922 movie of the same name, which is in turn adapted from Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula, making Skarsgård the latest to play the Count. The head vamp has been adapted and brought to life by many stars over the years, including Christopher Lee and Max Schreck. But Eggers told Total Film Online and GamesRadar+ that despite his movie being a remake, his villain is much differenಌt from anything we have seen befor🐓e.

Although director Eggers and his team are keeping their cards close to their chest when it comes to Orlok’s appearance, those who have seen the movie have been raving over Skarsgård’s simply chilling performance. In our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nosferatu review, we outline how "genuinely scary" the vamp is. "Reports of Skarsgård being unrecognizable in the role are entirely founded. He is monstrous in so many senses of the word.♏"

As well as Skarsgård, Depp, and Hꦏoult, who plays Ellen’s husband Thomas Hutter, the cast of Nosferatu also includes Willem Dafoe as Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz, Emma Corrin as Anna Harding, Aaron🤡 Taylor-Johnson as Friedrich Harding, and Simon McBurney as Herr Knock.

Nosferatu hits US theaters on December 25 and UK cinemas on January 1, 2025. For more, see our list of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best vampire movies, or keep up with other 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming horror movies.

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I am an Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering TV and film for SFX and Total Film online. I have a Bachelors Degree in Media Production and Journalism and a Masters in Fashion Journalism from UAL. In the past I have written for local UK and US newspaper outlets such as the Portland Tribune and York Mix and worked in communications, before focusing on film and entertainment writing. I am a HUGE horror ൲fan and in 2022 I created my very own single issue feminist horror magazine.