Bill Skarsgard Reveals Three Actors Who Almost Played Count Orlok in 'Nosferatu' Before He Got the Role

The movie Nosferatu has been a major success at the holiday box office and it stars Bill Skarsgard as the villain Count Orlok, though there were other actors considered for the role before him.

Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman (Lily-Rose Depp) and the terrifying vampire (Skarsgard) infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

In its first nine days of release, the movie has already grossed $56 million at the domestic box office and is on track to becoming one of Focus Features’ top-grossing movies of all time.

So, who almost played Count Orlok instead of Bill?

Keep reading to find out more…

The actor revealed these three actors were considered…

Bill opened up about the other actors in an interview with Swedish outlet Moviezine.

“I know [director Robert Eggers] talked about Daniel Day-Lewis. And for a while it was Willem Dafoe who was going to play him, when I was cast as Thomas. And Mads Mikkelsen,” he said.

Bill was originally going to play the role of Thomas, which is now played by Nicholas Hoult!

Check out a photo of what Bill‘s prosthetic member in the movie actually looked like.