Bill Skarsgård chats with THR at the Nosferatu premiere and reveals that he was introduced to the original film as a kid. Plus, he says he’s “excited for this beast to be unleashed” when it comes to audiences seeing the final look.

Skarsgård, who stars as the titular monster, apparently was “alarmed” by the prosthetics to transform into the undead Count, according to writer/director Robert Eggers. Eggers told Deadline that Skarsgård was more than skeptical about the aesthetics of the film.

Though an official look at Bill Skarsgård's Count Orlok has not been (and likely won't be) released, we do have a fairly detailed description of this new take on

Exclusive: Bill Skarsgård says his vampire roles in Nosferatu and Netflix’s Hemlock Grove do share a connection

Bill Skarsgård is starring as Count Orlok in Robert Eggers' new take on "Nosferatu"! Access Hollywood spoke to Bill at the film's premiere, where he joked about its Christmas release date and reacted to fans deeming him a "hot vampire" in the film.