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Audiences shouldn’t expect a typical take on Dracula fromNicolas Cage.
The Oscar-winning star isset to portray the iconic vampire in Universal’sRenfieldoppositeThe Great’sNicholas Hoult, who will play the titular Renfield, a henchman of the villainous monster in Bram Stoker’s original 1897 novel,Dracula.
“I want it to pop in a unique way from how we’ve seen it played. So I’m thinking to really focus on the movement of the character. You know, I sawMalignantand I thought what she did with those moves — and evenRinguwith Sadako [Yamamura],” he said. “I want to look at what we can explore with this movement and voice.”
“What makes it super fun is that it’s a comedy. And when you get that tone right — comedy and horror — likeAmerican Werewolf in London, it’s a blast,” continued Cage. “It’s got to be a bullseye. But that’s what I’m looking for, something new to bring to the character and also that perfect tone of comedy and horror.”
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In the same conversation withVariety, Cage explained whyhe doesn’t consider himself an “actor.”
“For me it always implies, ‘Oh, he’s a great actor, therefore he’s a great liar.’ So with the risk of sounding like a pretentious a——, I like the word ‘thespian’ because thespian means you’re going into your heart or you’re going into your imagination or your memories or your dreams, and you’re bringing something back to communicate with the audience,” he said.
source: people.com
