Focus FeaturesrevealedRobert Eggers much-anticipated gothic vampire horrorNosferatuon Thursday night in a special screening for select guild members and press.
Lily did tons and tons and tons of body work with her.
I did it Hammer Horror style where theyre British, even though theyre in Germany, Eggers said.
Lily-Rose Depp in ‘Nosferatu’Aidan Monaghan / © 2024 FOCUS FEATURES LLC
Im obsessed with the past, he told Del Toro.
And I think if I werent making films, I probably would be like an archeologist.
What would his hairstyle be?
Apparently he has to have a mustache.
Some aspects of Skarsgards performance as Orlok required six hours of makeup, said Eggers.
And he was pretty intimidated.
Then there were the rodents.
Theres 5,000 real rats, Eggers said.
And they were well-trained.
Eggers crafted over 60 sets for the film and almost every interior is built, he said.
He credited his producerChris Columbusfor encouraging him on that front.
Chris is a creative producer…
He went through the storyboards and would say, Wheres this beat?
Wheres this story beat?
Its in your script.
I dont see it in the story boards.
Its not enough for them to say the line, we have to see it visually.’
Nosferatuwill be released December 25th.
