He looked absolutely terrifying in the makeup, but it was his voice that really sold the character.
ForRobert Eggers’Nosferatu, Bill Skarsgard was again lost behind some very impressive makeup (and that wicked mustache!)
What they did give us, however, was Orlok’s voice.
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We got a short snippet of Orlok hidden in the shadows, but his voice was loud and clear.
However, in Eggers' take, Orlok most definitely is a monster to be feared.
The visual display of Nosferatu’s influence creeps into the film’s DNA more potently than before.
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Skarsgard’s voice is very impressive, but it almost never happened.
But I wanted that piece of the performance to be me."
For Skarsgard, he had to pump up his voice.
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Orlok is a rotting mess.
It’s a disturbing jolt, butnone of it matters if the voice doesn’t work.
So the voice became my way of expressing the character."
In Nosferatu, a reclusive vampire’s presence disrupts a small European village, drawing an unsuspecting young couple into a battle against an ancient evil. As fear spreads, the villagers must confront the terrifying legend and their own beliefs, leading to suspenseful confrontations and chilling revelations.
With Orlok often hidden, the voice is the character.
It’s the sound of him and not the look of him we fear most.
So much comes through in the vocal performance.
In the end,his Count Orlok has become one of the scariest-sounding movie monsters you’ll ever hear.
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