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<\/a><\/p>\nRobert Kirkman \u2014REUTERS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cHorror gives you a great palette to accomplish those things, be it jump scares or insane gore that comes out of nowhere or startling character deaths. It\u2019s a genre that is ripe with all kinds of tricks and tools that, as a storyteller, you can play with, move around and do some cool stuff with.\u201d<\/p>\n
Our Q&A with Robert:<\/p>\n
Letting Nicolas Cage play Dracula is a good concept. Were you conscious of the humorous rumors about him being an actual vampire? In 2012, David Letterman even requested the Oscar-winning actor in an interview a couple of photograph of a man from 1870 that bears a hanging resemblance to Nick\u2014who denied the rumor by saying, \u201cI don\u2019t drink blood.\u201d<\/h2>\n
I\u2019ve seen these photos, so yeah, Nicolas is likely to be an actual vampire (laughs). Look, Dracula is likely one of the most iconic characters to have ever existed, and the one approach to improve one thing that\u2019s already identified is to have Nicolas Cage provide you with his personal completely sensible portrayal. So I couldn\u2019t be extra thrilled to be working with one of many coolest and oldest actual vampires to have ever existed.<\/p>\n
How did the codependency angle within the story come about? Would you be eager about making use of psychotherapy ideas to extra horror tales sooner or later?<\/h2>\n
I will not be good sufficient to use extra psychotherapy components to horror tales shifting ahead, however this codependent relationship was one thing that was naturally there between Renfield and Dracula. And this was accentuated and expanded upon when Ryan got here in to write down the script, primarily based on my therapy for the unique concept.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a cool and distinctive approach to expertise this relationship, nevertheless it\u2019s additionally one thing that’s sadly very relatable as a result of, sooner or later, I believe we\u2019ve all encountered some poisonous relationships in our lives.<\/p>\n
Aside from Dracula. are there different basic monsters you wish to see in a brand new horror film?<\/h2>\n
I’ve an affinity for nearly all of them. I imply, Frankenstein\u2019s monster is nice. I like the \u201cCreature from the Black Lagoon.\u201d I\u2019m an enormous fan of all types of the Mummy. I additionally assume there\u2019s nice potential for the Wolfman and all of the others. They have been the unique horror motion pictures\u2014in actual fact, they have been the unique shared universe.<\/p>\n
A variety of your earlier stuff has been in regards to the undead and the horror style, however there\u2019s at all times a humorousness in there. Why do you assume horror and comedy steadiness one another out and mix so effectively?<\/h2>\n
To a sure extent, they\u2019re form of two sides of the identical coin. When you\u2019re watching one thing that\u2019s completely hysterical and humorous, and once you\u2019re experiencing one thing that\u2019s scary, it\u2019s nearly the identical feeling main as much as these moments. Then, it diverges into humorous or scary sooner or later alongside the best way.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re discovering that nebulous space the place we\u2019re being pulled out of our consolation zone. We\u2019re not always laughing, and we\u2019re not always feeling terror. We have this impartial feeling that we at all times exist in these two heightened states which can be at all times on the market. And they\u2019re so married to one another.<\/p>\n
You can see this in an amazing quantity of films, like \u201cEvil Dead 2\u201d or \u201cShaun of the Dead\u201d\u2014you may have components that may be scary, in addition to components which can be humorous. When achieved proper, it really works rather well.<\/p>\n
Did you make some adjustments to the script once you discovered that Nicolas agreed to play Dracula?<\/h2>\n
I\u2019ve been on this enterprise for some time now\u2014I\u2019m very previous (laughs). And I\u2019ve discovered from engaged on \u201cThe Walking Dead\u201d and varied different tasks that actors carry a lot to those roles.<\/p>\n
Working in comedian books and writing scripts, it\u2019s phrases and drawings on a web page. You don\u2019t actually have that relationship the place somebody is coming in and decoding your phrases or characters in distinctive methods.<\/p>\n
So, once I\u2019m creating one thing, I don\u2019t spend a variety of time attempting to shoehorn an actor into my thoughts to assist me visualize the character. I can visualize characters fairly effectively, and it\u2019s extra thrilling to me to get to that time the place an actor is introduced in and I see what they bring about to it.<\/p>\n
For the longest time, it was like, \u201cOK, we\u2019re going to have a cool Dracula, and he\u2019s going to antagonize Renfield this way.\u201d But once we obtained to the casting course of and Nicolas really obtained on board, that\u2019s when issues obtained actually thrilling since you see his preparation and what he brings to the desk.<\/p>\n
As far as rewriting and tailoring issues for Nicolas, that was one thing that Ryan and Chris labored very diligently to perform. But Nicolas additionally got here in with a ton of concepts that formed the function all the best way right down to the dialogue, which was tailored for him. That\u2019s why the character is so efficient and his portrayal, so memorable. INQ<\/p>\n
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