Monday, October 06, 2014

Television and Cinema Verities: Dracula Edition


“I didn’t play him as out and out evil. It’s a delicious cocktail because you know he is like the devil. But I’ve tried to show the good and bad paralleling one another – there’s a dynamic there. The film image I can’t get away from is Bela Lugosi. He was really onto something: the way he moved, the way he sounded. I based my voice on his a little.”

- Gary Oldman discusses playing the famous vampire count, in The Making of Bram Stoker's Dracula.


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