Bill Skarsgård’s ‘Nosferatu’ vampire fit was inspired by The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger

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Nosferatu vampire fit was inspired by The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger according to a new interview.The movie, which is set to release on December 25 in the US and January 3 in the UK, is a remake of the 1922 film of the same name, which in turn was based on Bram Stoker’s gothic horror novel Dracula.

Directed by Robert Eggers, it stars the likes of Skarsgård alongside Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Emma Corrin.The film’s costume designer Linda Muir has now opened up more about the inspirations behind Skarsgård’s outfit in the film, which she says drew from Jagger.Speaking to IndieWire, the designer said she had fun creating the costume for Skarsgård’s Orlok saying his coat was “more of a cape, like Dracula”.She continued: “And then he has underneath a beautiful dolman, which is like a tunic…And that is layered and layered and layered.

It has patterned silk, and I tried to choose textiles that have a lot of gold threads because I knew [cinematographer] Jarin [Blaschke] would be using firelight and candlelight and this beautiful moonlight.

So things that could twinkle and reflect back to us to give the shape of an outline.“And then he has kind of Mick Jagger trousers,” she added, “which are mustard-coloured, kind of shiny gold thread, skin-tight trousers and a beautiful sash at his waist.