‘Nosferatu’: First Footage Shows Off Bill Skarsgard as the Iconic Vampire

The Robert Eggers-directed remake also stars Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult and Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Lily-Rose Depp in director Robert Eggers' 'Nosferatu'
Lily-Rose Depp stars as Ellen Hutter in director Robert Eggers' 'Nosferatu' (Photo: Focus Features)

Las Vegas audiences at CinemaCon were the first to see actor Bill Skarsgard’s transformation into the iconic vampire, Nosferatu. The debut of footage from the Robert Eggers-directed horror remake showed off Skarsgard’s transformation into the character, originally played in 1922 by actor Max Schreck.

The original feature was an attempt to adapt Bram Stoker’s iconic 1897 novel without having to deal with the copyright. So, while the original story follows Stoker’s novel — a vampire travels from Transylvania to England and all hell breaks loose — the character names are all different.

The trailer does not show Skarsgard as the titular dragon of blood, but just the dread of his imminent arrival sets the gothic, German city of Wisborg into pure chaos.

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    Tim

    Title: “First Footage Shows Off Bill Skarsgard as the Iconic Vampire”

    Article: “The trailer does not show Skarsgard as the titular dragon of blood…”

    Umm….

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