According to what was revealed by Deadline, Shohreh Aghdashloo (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) has joined the cast of Renfield, the new film from Universal Pictures.
L'attrice iraniana affiancherà i già confermati Nicolas Cage (Mandy, Willy's Wonderland), Awkwafina, Adrian Martinez, Ben Schwartz e Nicholas Hoult (Warm Bodies, Mad Max: Fury Road).
The film will be a modern-day reinterpretation of the character Renfield featured in Dracula by Bram Stoker and will star Nicholas Hoult, here as Dracula's servant.
It was directed by Chris McKay, the director of Tomorrow's war and some animated genre films while the screenplay is by Ryan Ridley (Rick and Morty) in collaboration with Robert Kirkman, the creator of the TV series The Walking Dead.
Finally, Chris Pratt figures in the project as a producer.
Plot: dopo secoli, Renfield (Nicholas Hoult) è ormai stanco di essere il lacchè di Dracula (Nicolas Cage). Lo scagnozzo trova una nuova prospettiva di vita e forse anche una redenzione quando si innamora dell'esuberante e perennemente arrabbiata poliziotta Rebecca Quincy (Awkwafina).
In Bram Stoker's novel, R. M. Renfield is a 60-year-old man admitted to Dr. Seward's asylum who, convinced he is living longer, compulsively feeds on insects and animals. The patient has a submissive bond with Count Dracula, whom he calls Lord.
Nei vari adattamenti cinematografici, la causa della sua pazzia è stata causata da Dracula mentre nel romanzo di Bram Stoker, l'uomo è già folle prima di incontrarlo.
Recall that the role of Renfield was played by Dwight Frye in Dracula (1931) with Bela Lugosi and by Tom Waits in Dracula by Bram Stoker with Gary Oldman.
