Nosferatu director Robert Eggers will never make a movie set in modern times: "The idea of photographing a cell phone is just death"

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Robert Eggers isn't keen on making a contemporary movie

Bill Skarsgard as Count Orlok
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Nosferatu director Robert Eggers has no intention of making a movie set in modern times.

"The idea of having to photograph a car makes me ill," Eggers told Rotten Tomatoes, when asked if he'd make a contemporary movie. "And the idea of photographing a cell phone is just death. And to make a contemporary story you have to photograph a cell phone. It's just how life is. So, no."

Nosferatu, meanwhile, stars an unrecognizable Bill Skarsgård as the titular vampire, with Lily-Rose Depp and Nicholas Hoult co-starring as Ellen and Thomas Hutter, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Willem Dafoe rounding out the cast. It's proved to be a massive hit so far, grossing over $157 million worldwide – and it's now available as a four-minute extended cut.

Eggers' niche is definitely dark and strange period pieces – The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman, Nosferatu, and soon Werwulf – so it's not a huge surprise that he might be so opposed to a more modern setting.

Molly Edwards
Molly Edwards
Deputy Entertainment Editor

I'm the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.