If you watched the trailer from Renfield that dropped this week, you know that Universal saved the best for last and only teased Nicolas Cage’s participation as the world-famous vampire Dracula at the end of it. Cage’s performance will undoubtedly be a standout in the film, and there’s no one better than the actor himself to tell us about the process of walking in the shoes of one of the most iconic characters ever created: Dracula.
In an interview with Collider’s own Editor-in-Chief Steve Weintraub to discuss The Old Way, Cage also spoke about his personal approach to his Renfield role, which is a character that has been played so many times by all sorts of actors in several different genres. During the conversation, Cage revealed that there was no better influence than one of the most revered in cinema History: Christopher Lee in the Hammer Horror films that started in the late 50s. Cage also revealed that his Dracula is hardly a solo creation:
“Well, I had a lot of help. There were a ton of super-talented people on that movie that helped design the look. We wanted it to be more homage, more Christopher Lee. I favored Christopher Lee as Dracula and I liked his kind of sixties hairdo, but the wardrobe, the costume, and no, I didn't come up with the idea for the rings. That all came out of a wardrobe. They came in with all that. Maybe they sent something in me that I would like that, but that was really their contribution.”
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