One of the most secretive elements about Robert Eggers– Nosferatu—The silent movie's famous twist on the story's plot. Dracula-What is Count Orlock will look like before the movie is released in theaters. Marketing materials show a vampire played by Bill. Skarsgård only in the shadows or in the shadows This matter was mentioned in the discussion about How terrifying The character will appear on the screen. But now that the movie has been released Viewers also began to notice the surprising wardrobe choices.
Of course… that's the mustache!
In a spoiler interview with varietyEggers was asked why Count Orlok had such a distinctive beard. Just like what happened to this writer-director. The story began while he was doing extensive pre-production research.
“To try to create a more terrifying vampire than we've had in a while. So I went back to folklore,” he told the merchant. “Even so, I like it. But the earliest folk vampires It was written by someone who believed that vampires existed. There must be some good stuff out there, and vampires in legends are walking rotting corpses.”
That led him to explain, wondering, “What did a dead Transylvanian nobleman look like?”
From there, Eggers said, He thought that meant “A complex Hungarian costume with very long sleeves. Weird high heels and furry hats” also refer to mustaches. No matter what There's no way this guy can't have a mustache. Try to find an older Transylvanian who can grow a mustache without one. It's part of the culture. If you don't want to bother Google it, think of Vlad the Impaler. Even Bram Stoker had the nerve to give Dracula a mustache in the books.”
You understand now. It was a culturally appropriate choice. As you can see, the other characters in the film Including Willem Dafoe's professor, Von Franz, who was also a rock 'staches' and was one of Stoker's considerations while working on the 1897 novel from which the story begins. all
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