Bill Skarsgård says he hopes Nosferatu viewers will be "disgusted by their attraction" to his "gross" titular vampire
Nosferatu actor Bill Skarsgård hopes to conjure up some creepy crushes in Robert Eggers' new horror movie
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With his long, pale-skinned fingers, sharp teeth, and hunched silhouette, Nosferatu’s Count Orlok is one of the most striking horror figures of all time. In Robert Eggers' take on the character, though, which is set to release in December, actor Bill Skarsgård hopes to turn him into a bit of… a pin-up?
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Often described as an unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1987 novel Dracula, the story of Nosferatu, which was first seen on screen in F. W. Murnau’s silent feature back in 1922, sees ancient, Transylvanian bloodsucker Count Orlok set his sights on the wife of his estate agent – and bring terror to their small German town.
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