Bill Skarsgård says the upcoming role of Nosferatu conjured a demon within him

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Bill Skarsgård says audiences may not be ready to see him Nosferatu. His role in Robert Eggers’ upcoming remake of the silent vampire film “took its toll,” the actor said this week.

“It was like conjuring up pure evil. It took a while for me to get rid of the demon that had been conjured within me,” Skarsgård said. Respected.

Nosferatu: Symphony of Horror It was a 1922 silent film directed by F. W. Murnau, which was an unauthorized adaptation of Dracula that later became a cult classic. The Eggers-produced remake of the picture is scheduled for release this Christmas. Along with Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney and Willem Dafoe also star.

Skarsgård will play Count Orlok, the vampire’s antagonist. His costume and makeup have been kept secret, but Skarsgård says he’s not sure the audience will recognize him. “He’s disgusting,” he said of the character. “But it’s very sexual in nature. It’s playing with the sexual fetish about the power of the monster and what that attracts you to. Hopefully, you’ll be a little bit attracted to it and disgusted by your attraction at the same time.”

Eggers told the outlet that he was routinely impressed by Skarsgård’s dedication to the character’s evil. “I remember early on,[Skarsgård]tried to talk to me about what it means to be a dead wizard — and I’m into some pretty heavy occult stuff, but he was on a different level,” he said. “I thought to myself, ‘That sounds accurate, but I don’t know how to talk about this with any ease.’”

Skarsgård’s dedication to horror extends beyond Eggers’ most recent films. He played the terrifying clown He. She And the villain is in John Wickand will appear soon in the crow this summer. The actor said that he had long dreamed of working with Eggers. “You have a crush on someone, and you can’t stop thinking about that person. I’ve only had that a few times, but that was so true with Robert. “It was like, ‘Whatever this guy is doing, I just want to be a part of whatever Something this guy makes.”