We’re still pinching ourselves that “Nic Cage playing Dracula” is an real thing that our eyeballs will quickly be able to witness. New pictures from the set of Chris McKay’s horror funny Renfield, which stars Nicholas Hoult as the put-upon assistant of a particular popular vampire, now make us even more excited to see Cage in action.
Take a look, courtesy of People publication, which got the Cage fan’s scoop of the century right here (click through for more images):
The red velour match: elegant, retro, great for hiding blood discolorations. (People likewise has an on-set breeze of Hoult that recommends there’s absolutely gonna be plenty of red things in Renfield.) The ostentatious gold medallion and fingers complete of chunky rings: vital vampire accenting. The grooming, or absence thereof (those fingernails!), feels well-rounded suitable—the slicked-back hair with simply a tip of a widow’s peak is really Bela Lugosi, and the cosmetics is ideal, with those pointy eyebrows, purple lips, and sallow skintone befitting a member of the undead. It’s a traditional vampire appearance with a Cage twist. We sanctuary’t even heard him speak yet (will he do a Transylvanian accent?) and we wear’t understand much about the story (will it gobeyond being what sounds a lot like a riff on What We Do in the Shadows?), however we’re definitely specific Cage is going to nail this function 100 percent.
Cage neverever truly went away—if anything, he’s just endedupbeing more respected in current years. But there appears to be a bit of a renaissance takingplace; it began mostlikely in 2018, with his chainsaw-slinging lead efficiency in Panos Cosmatos’ art house-horror-whastit Mandy and his wonderfully influenced turn as Spider-Man Noir in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Last year brought the well-reviewed Pig (which triggered authentic albeit latent Oscar buzz for Cage, over 25 years after he won for Leaving Las Vegas), and his efficiency (as “himself”) in meta-action flick The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent just made raves at SXSW.
Renfield has a 2023 release date.
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