We chat with RenfieldMovie director Chris McKay (buddboetticher) and creator robertkirkman about blending genres, the legacy of Universal Monsters, and what makes Nicolas Cage the perfect Dracula:
Renfield follows Dracula's long-suffering henchman, who is tired of serving the vampire who created him. In modern-day New Orleans, he unexpectedly meets a traffic cop named Rebecca Quincy, which changes everything. This chance encounter spurs Renfield to build a life of his own and try to do the right thing to make up for years of wrongdoing in the name of his master.
Chris McKay: It starts with the script. It starts with the treatment that Robert wrote [and] the script that Ryan wrote. They really understood this world [and] understood these characters. They created an emotionally vulnerable protagonist who had a long way to go to overcome a big conflict with Dracula. So a lot of stuff was already baked into it. And then bringing in really great team members.
Robert Kirkman: People haven't really seen that relationship through Renfield's lens. Most of the time it's through the Dracula lens. It seemed like it would be kind of a unique take to look at it through Renfield's perspective and it seemed like it would make the story a little bit more relatable and a little bit more human. You're not necessarily dealing with all the vampire stuff. It's the vampire stuff that damages a real human being and how that affects him.
He just throws his body into everything that he does, physically, mentally, he's such a joy to work with. There's nobody who's more enthusiastic about the filmmaking process than Nicolas Cage. And that was a lot of fun to be around. Chris McKay: Awkwafina, she is such a cartoon character, just the way that she did her line readings, her body language. I mean, she is truly a cartoon character. I think honestly, without Hoult or Cage, I don't know if you could do this movie. They are so unique in their skill set. The tools that they have are so singular to them as actors.
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