‘Nosferatu’ Exclusive: Writer-Director Robert Eggers, Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult & Cast Reveal The Devil In The Detail, From Demonic Possession To 5000 Trained Rats
deadline.comThere’s a moment early in Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu, when Lily-Rose Depp, last seen as the twisty pop star in The Idol, telegraphs to the audience: This will be unlike anything you’ve ever seen before.
In Eggers’ reimagining of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 German Expressionist horror fantasy Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, Depp is magnetic vampire muse Ellen Hutter, paired with Nicholas Hoult as her husband Thomas.
As we witness Ellen’s loneliness and desire being sated by a monster, followed by an opening monologue in which she confesses her fears to her husband, it’s clear that Eggers’ casting choice has paid off.
At audition, Depp performed that same monologue, and Eggers gave her the role that same day. “Myself, the casting director, and even the videographer were in tears, because it was so powerful,” Eggers says. “She was, as she is in the film, incredibly brave, and raw, and powerful.
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