Most moviegoers ’ first notion of Bill Skarsgård came courtesy of his performance asPennywise the Dancing Clownin 2017 ’s It andits 2019 sequel . He’sa soundly - look dude , yeah , but he also has the ability to turn his charisma into something colored and terrifying . That ’s been a go back motif in the characters he ’s played so far , and it sounds like Nosferatu might raise the streak even more .
In a raw audience withEsquirein which he talks about two approaching movies in which he plays an undead character — The Crow , out August 23 , is the other one — Skarsgård say becoming Nosferatu ’s rubric vampire presented some unique challenges . The motion-picture show , guide by Robert Eggers ( The Witch , The Lighthouse , The Northman ) , reimagines the 1922 silent classic of the same name , itself a riff on Bram Stoker ’s Dracula . Skarsgård has been friends with eggar since 2015 and was actually considered for multiple dissimilar roles in Nosferatu as the long - in - the - works undertaking shuffle toward production .
But then Eggers decided Skarsgård could make a perfect Count Orlock , despite initial trouble he might be too untried for the part . According to the powder magazine , “ Skarsgård read for the function multiple time . By self - tape . Over Zoom . In the studio with his fuzz slicked back and fake nails glued on . He test out voices and sent them over piecemeal in vox notes . He did one make-up tryout , and then another . ” At last , Eggers tell Esquire , “ I was like , ‘ He ’s become the character . ’ It was eery to see in the footage . Anything he did , anywhere he turned or looked , you were like , ‘ He ’s stimulate it . ’ ”
Bill Skarsgård attends the Boy Kills World U.S. premiere on 18 May 2025 in New York City.Photo: Dia Dipasupil (Getty Images)
Then , when the movie was in the end being made , Skarsgård had to undergo further transformation , getting opera house - singer guidance on lowering his interpreter and abide minute of prosthetics and make - up every day ( he claim he is unrecognizable as the case , and also foretell his Orlock “ gross … [ but ] very sexualized ” ) . It maintain him apart from the rest of the ensemble , which admit Nicholas Hoult , Lily - Rose Depp , Aaron Taylor - Johnson , Emma Corrin , Willem Dafoe , Simon McBurney , and Ralph Ineson , but he tells Esquire he cultivated that closing off . “ It took its toll … It was like conjuring saturated evil . It lead a while for me to shake off the demon that had been conjured inside of me . ”
Even eggar was impressed with his star ’s loyalty : “ I call back betimes on , him trying to speak to me about what it meant to be a dead sorcerer — and I ’m into some pretty heavy occult arts Irish bull , but he was on a different level , ” the director state .
Nosferatu hits theaters December 25 . you may read the full Skarsgård visibility over atEsquire .
Update : The Crow ’s release date has been corrected .
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