Nicolas Cage’s Dracula Debut Is Exactly as We’d Hoped It Would Be

We’re nonetheless pinching ourselves that “Nic Cage playing Dracula” is an precise factor that our eyeballs will quickly be capable to witness. New images from the set of Chris McKay’s horror comedy Renfield, which stars Nicholas Hoult because the put-upon assistant of a sure well-known vampire, now make us even extra desperate to see Cage in motion.

Take a glance, courtesy of People journal, which obtained the Cage fan’s scoop of the century proper right here (click on by for extra photos):

The purple velvet swimsuit: stylish, retro, good for hiding blood stains. (People additionally has an on-set snap of Hoult that means there’s undoubtedly gonna be loads of purple stuff in Renfield.) The gaudy gold medallion and fingers filled with chunky rings: important vampire accessorizing. The grooming, or lack thereof (these fingernails!), feels all-around applicable—the slicked-back hair with only a trace of a widow’s peak could be very Bela Lugosi, and the make-up is ideal, with these pointy eyebrows, purplish lips, and sallow complexion befitting a member of the undead. It’s a basic vampire look with a Cage twist. We haven’t even heard him converse but (will he do a Transylvanian accent?) and we don’t know a lot in regards to the story (will it transcend being what sounds quite a bit like a riff on What We Do within the Shadows?), however we’re completely sure Cage goes to nail this position 100%.

Cage by no means actually went away—if something, he’s solely change into extra prolific in recent times. But there appears to be a little bit of a renaissance occurring; it began in all probability in 2018, along with his chainsaw-slinging lead efficiency in Panos Cosmatos’ artwork house-horror-whastit Mandy and his delightfully impressed flip as Spider-Man Noir in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Last yr introduced the well-reviewed Pig (which sparked real albeit unrealized Oscar buzz for Cage, over 25 years after he received for Leaving Las Vegas), and his efficiency (as “himself”) in meta-action flick The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent simply earned raves at SXSW.

Renfield has a 2023 launch date.

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