how novel it looks to make a movie RenfieldDracula’s familiarity is thin. Renfield It requires a lot: Rob Zombie munsters‘ Lighting aesthetics and director lego batman movieAlso, Nicolas Cage plays the famous Count. But his one film wasn’t enough for Mr. Cage. Renfield. new Interview total film (via variety), the actor admitted he didn’t quite get Dracula’s “Spirit” painting. Who better than Cage to delve deeper into the psychology and blood addiction of Prince of Darkness?
“You know, there are some little moments that make Dracula look pathetic,” said Nicolas Cage. “So it got to the point that one day I wanted to try and do a whole movie that really understood the character’s psyche. I really didn’t have the time to delve into that here.”
Wow, the whole Dracula movie? Let’s pump a little break. Maybe after having a few other movies under our belts. Dracula can come after Harker, Westenraand Van Helsing AbrahamOnce you’ve established four main characters, they can team up DraculaThat said, you can’t blame Cage for wanting his own movie Because, as he puts it, the character is a “challenge.”
“It’s been done many times already,” he said. It worked very well and it didn’t work very well.I certainly admire Christopher Lee and Frank Langella and Bela Lugosi and Gary [Oldman]But I wanted to see if I could bring something fresh to the character. ”
Ultimately, he based his version on Christopher Lee. he met on the set of witch season And I liked “very”. Cage said that Lee reminded him of his father, so he ended up basing Dracula on his dear father, August, although his father was an English professor, not a blood addict. But even Dracula based on Dad and Lee wasn’t enough. It’s all about blood.
“More important than borrowing from my father or Christopher Lee is about the spirit of the character,” he continued. “Blood addiction is the same as alcohol or heroin or sex addiction.
An anonymous blood addict may have a more prominent role, as the trailer sets the scene for group therapy. role in Renfield than we expected.We’ll find out April 14 when Nick Cage’s Papa Dracula hits theater.
