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Bill Skarsgård’s ‘Nosferatu’ Transformation: Six Hours of Makeup, a 62-Piece Prosthetic, a Bushy Mustache and More Count Orlok Secrets Revealed
The 'Nosferatu' prosthetic makeup effects designer reveals how Bill Skarsgard transformed into the horrific Count Orlok.
David White, the prosthetic makeup effects designer on “Nosferatu,” spilled the secrets behind Skarsgård’s look, as well as the inspirations that haunted him and a breakdown of the film’s indelible final image. Although Focus Features is still hiding full images of Count Orlok, White, traveling internationally while working on his next project, emailed answers to Variety about our biggest questions. I had a life cast of Bill at home and slowly worked on a rough, sculptural guide track which would set the tone for the extent of the prosthetics and the depths of material, which he would be wearing in the final look.
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