Nosferatu released in the US Christmas Day and has been met with rave reviews so far, scoring an impressive 87% on Rotten Tomatoes. The film releases here in the UK on New Year's Day (January 1st), but to tide us over until us lot over the pond get the film cast member Nicholas Hoult has shared the story behind a rather unusual wrap gift he received from Robert Eggers himself.
Pleas be warned there are SPOILERS below in regards to Hoult's character (and what Nosferatu's manhood looks like) in the film, so read on at your own peril.
The Story Behind Nicholas Hoult's Unusual Wrap Gift From Nosferatu
In a joint interview with co-star Lilly-Rose Depp for Elle, the actor revealed that he had been gifted the prosthetic penis that Bill Skarsgård wore as the titular character in the film.
"I have Count Orlok’s prosthetic penis framed at home. There's a scene where Bill Skarsgård is slurping my blood, and Robert Eggers asked afterward, ‘How was that for you?’ The director asked, and I said, ‘I could feel his prosthetic penis on my leg.’ And then, as a wrap gift, Rob got it framed, and he sent it to my house."
Already bizarre enough, the story gets even funnier. The actor then revealed the frame containing Orlok's manhood actually broke, which meant. he had the task of going to get in reframed.
"As a wrap gift, Rob got it framed, and he sent it to my house."
"The frame had broken when it got [to my house], so I had to take it to the local frame shop and I had to be like, ‘Hey, dude, can you fix this?’ He kind of didn’t even blink the first time, and then when I went back to pick it up, I think he had clocked how weird it was, what I was framing, potentially, like, this vampire penis. He was like, ‘Is this some kind of collector’s piece?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, you could say that.’ "
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