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Topics: Film and TV, Horror, Entertainment
Callum Jones
A member of the Nosferatu team has explained why the 'prosthetic penis' used in film will 'live on forever'.
The remake of the horror classic hit cinemas in the US on Christmas Day, and it's already received critical acclaim.
Lily-Rose stars as Ellen Hutter in the horror remake, with Nicholas Hoult, Willem Dafoe, Emma Corrin, and Bill Skarsgård also starring in the thriller.
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It's Skarsgård's performance in the movie that has grabbed many people's attention, with the actor looking unrecognisable in a moustache and prosthetics.
Count Orlok, the character the actor plays, also wears the much-talked about prosthetic penis, which can be seen early on in the movie.
The prop has quickly become infamous, which should hardly come as a surprise.
Nosferatu's creative team has sat down with US Weekly recently, where they spoke about the prosthetic penis and Hoult's interactions with the props.
Traci Loader, who was the lead makeup designer on the movie, told the outlet: "With Thomas, they had a scene where Orlok was sucking his blood and the penis kept rubbing on his leg and he didn’t know how to react to him.
"I don’t think you’ll forget that moment," Suzanne Stokes-Munton, who worked in the film's hair department, joked.
This led to Loader stating the prosthetic penis will 'live on forever'.
To remember the infamous film prop, Nicholas has a duplicate of it. Yep, he really did take that home.
The actor told Elle recently: "I have Count Orlok’s prosthetic penis framed at home.
"There’s a scene where Bill Skasrgard is slurping my blood, and Robert Eggers asked afterward, 'How was that for you?' 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."
Nosferatu has performed extremely well amongst industry critics so far, sitting at an impressive 85 percent Rotten Tomatoes score.
Soren Andersen, from the Seattle Times, wrote: "It’s not the best Dracula movie of all time, though it aspires to that. Murnau’s original still leads the pack. But it certainly is the most stylish. Eggers is a filmmaker with astonishing visual flair."
While The Australian's Stephen Romei penned: "It is gruesome and funny, with Bill Skarsgard as the vampire fanging it like nobody’s business and Willem Dafoe as occult expert Albin Eberhart Von Franz responding with melodramatic humour."
Nosferatu is in cinemas across the US now.