We spoke w/ 'Renfield's Robert Kirkman and Chris McKay about deleted scenes, Nicolas Cage, and gore.
What makes director Chris McKay’s Renfield so different from the Dracula films that came before it? Well, Nicolas Cage as Dracula for one, but also that the unique concept, which originated from comic writer and producer, Robert Kirkman , focuses not on the legendary vampire, but on his deeply devoted servant, the titular Renfield, played by Nicholas Hoult. The movie takes a comedic approach to the classic tale but certainly doesn’t shy away from the blood and the horror elements.
[Laughs] Now jumping into Renfield. First of all, when you showed the movie to the MPAA, did they ask for any cuts, or because it's blood were they like, ‘It’s whatever you want to do.’? MCKAY: Can I tell you one image, though, from the treatment that I really wish we had gotten in the movie that sticks with me, literally to this day?MCKAY: There's this moment where – it's meant to be in the very beginning of the movie – the vampire hunters are attacking Dracula's castle, and Dracula, instead of going via telepathy, he comes in the door to Renfield’s bedroom to wake Renfield up.
MCKAY: Look, I could have made that scene go on for 10 minutes long, and go through the history of all Dracula movies, go through the Hammer movies, and everything else. It was a lot of fun because, obviously, there's a technical– you're sort of trying to match these lenses.
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