A rather out of the ordinary 'anatomical' gift delivered to Nicholas Hoult's home at the end of filming the remake of Nosferatu.
Nicholas Hoult has a special memory of the set of Nosfert framed in your own home, the Count Orlok's prosthetic penis. The “delicious object” was given to him by the director Robert Eggers himself, who had it delivered to him dono home after filming ended.
In an interview with ElleHoult revealed the story of the gift, which appears in a memorable scene in which Count Orlok of Skarsgård feeds on him. Here are his words:
“I have Count Orlok's penis framed at home. There's a scene where Bill Skarsgård drinks my blood and Robert Eggers asked me afterwards, 'How was it for you?' I said, 'I could feel his penis. on my leg.' And then, as a gift, Rob has it framed and sent it to my homebut the frame was broken when I received it, so I had to take it to the frame shop to have it redone. I had to say, 'Hey man, can you fix this?' He didn't bat an eye, then when I came back to get it I think he noticed the oddity and asked me, 'Is this some kind of collector's item?' I said 'You said it'”.
A vampire as dark as the night
Il “bizarre, yet darkly humorous gift” received from Nicholas Hoult anticipates the psychosexual themes that Eggers infuses in his remake, and which push Count Orlok into an obsessive search for the wife of the unfortunate real estate agent played by Hoult, Ellen Hutter (Lily-Rose Depp). Just like Nosferatu by Werner Herzog, which offered a more dreamlike and sensual portrait of the titular vampire, Eggers' film seems ready to delve into the darkest and most intimate aspects of the vampire myth by bringing to light his role as symbol of repressed desire and primordial instincts. Count Orlok's interactions with Thomas Hutter promise to embody these unsettling tensions.
Robert Eggers films are known for the director's ability to intertwining historical authenticity with a surreal and evocative narrative. Taking inspiration from both FW Murnau's 1922 silent classic and Herzog's dreamlike reinterpretation, Eggers creates a modernized version of the myth of the first vampire, as our review of Nosferatu reveals, which combines gothic horror with an exploration of power.
The Italian release of Nosferatu, one of the best 2024 Christmas films at the cinema, is scheduled for January 1, 2025.
