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Nicholas Hoult recently teased his upcoming horror-comedy Renfield, praising Nicolas Cage's performance as the iconic Count Dracula.
"To get to work with him whilst he was playing Dracula, I don’t think there’s two more iconic things than Dracula and Nic Cage," Hoult told The Hollywood Reporter. "As a person, he’s such a pure soul to be around, and I’m excited for people to see what he’s done. It’s original, but it’s steeped in a lot of history, Dracula history and folklore. So it’s exciting, even though it’s a very bizarre, elevated tone for an action-comedy."
Hoult stars as Renfield, a servant to Cage's Count Dracula who decides there's more to life after falling in love with a traffic officer. Behind-the-scenes photos were released back in March. Renfield first appeared in Bram Stoker's original Dracula novel and made his first on-screen appearance in 1931's Dracula as a real estate agent who becomes overpowered by the Count following a work trip to Transylvania.
This modern-day retelling of Stoker's classic is directed by The Lego Movie and forthcoming Nightwing director Chris McKay, from a script written by Rick and Morty and Community writer Ryan Ridley – which was based on an original story by comic book writer Robert Kirkman, best known as the co-creator of The Walking Dead.
