- Title: Starry 'Nosferatu' cast help Robert Eggers make long-time dream a reality
- Date: 20th December 2024
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (RECENT - DECEMBER 4, 2024) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTORS, NICHOLAS HOULT AND LILY-ROSE DEPP, SAYING: DEPP "Yeah, so I had a movement coach. She was massively helpful. She's wonderfully talented and really helped me to kind of like choreograph those movements, but also find an intention for all of them. And, you know, it's, those moments are really just like a, a physical kind of external manifestation of what's happening on the inside. And so she really helped me to root every moment in an emotion that felt very true to what the character is going through and, you know, that those moments are part of the storytelling as much as anything."
- Embargoed: 3rd January 2025 09:23
- Keywords: Bill Skarsgard Lily-Rose Depp Nicholas Hoult Nosferatu Nosferatu 2024 film Nosferatu movie Robert Eggers
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM / VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM / VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS
- Country: UK
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Europe,Film
- Reuters ID: LVA008671712122024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Filmmaker Robert Eggers brings a scary folklore vampire back to the screen in "Nosferatu", a gothic horror film built around the trajectory of its female protagonist, played by Lily-Rose Depp.
Written and directed by Eggers, the movie is a reimagining of the 1922 silent film "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror", which in turn was inspired by Bram Stoker's 1897 novel "Dracula".
"Nosferatu" is set in a fictional Baltic German city in the 1830s and follows young bride Ellen Hutter (Depp), who has been haunted by horrifying visions since childhood. As her real estate agent husband Thomas (Nicholas Hoult) prepares to set out on a business trip to Transylvania, Ellen's condition deteriorates. Thomas is promised that his meeting with the elusive client Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgard) will be richly reimbursed, helping the young couple to start building their life together. Instead, the encounter triggers a terrifying chain of events.
Eggers, 41, whose credits include "The Lighthouse" and "The Northman", said he had wanted to make the movie ever since he saw the original film at the age of nine. Years later, he directed a "Nosferatu" play in high school, which in turn led him to be invited to stage a more professional version of it at a local theatre, cementing his desire to become a director.
Getting to be a part of the team making Eggers' dream a reality was "touching" said Depp. The 25-year-old actress worked with a movement coach to prepare for the scenes in which Ellen is possessed by a demonic force.
Skarsgard, whose other on-screen transformations include the clown Pennywise in the 2017 movie "It" and its 2019 sequel, said becoming the fear-provoking Count Orlok required hours of work with prosthetics teams and vocal coaches.
"Nosferatu" also stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Emma Corrin as family friends who take Ellen in during Thomas' travels and Willem Dafoe in the role or Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz. The film is produced by Chris and Eleanor Columbus.
The film was shot on highly detailed and immersive large-scale sets, with long, linear single takes that lent it authenticity, said Hoult and Depp. The use of thousands of real rats in some scenes added to the experience.
"Nosferatu" begins its global cinematic rollout on Dec. 25.
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