Anya Taylor-Joy to remake Nosferatu

08/25/2021 18:14

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Updated 08/25/2021 6:14 PM

Almost without rest, Anya Taylor-Joy is already embarking on a new project.

This time, the actress joins the remake of a horror film classic,

Nosferatu

, in

a new version that will be directed by Robert Eggers

.

The young woman, born in the United States and with a family of Argentine, Spanish and British origin, is building a career of great impact in Hollywood.

In a recent interview with the 

Los Angeles Times

, he referred to several future projects, including this reversion to the classic vampire. 

"All my friends tell me: What are you doing? Take a break," said the actress. "But the characters are too good. I would not be able to deal with this if I did not accept. I would not get over it. I prefer to jump in and do my best. that I can, "he added.

"Nosferatu", the 1922 film that is part of German expressionism.

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Directed by FW Murnau,

Nosferatu

is a silent film, from 1922, and a key piece in German expressionist cinema whose plot revolves around the figure of a terrifying vampire.

The history

Nosferatu

is one of the many adaptations of

Dracula

, by Bram Stoker, in this case set in 1838, in Germany.

There, the young couple of Hutter and Ellen meet the owner of a castle, the eccentric Count Graf Orlock, who is actually a millennial vampire who spreads terror in the area.

Anya Taylor-Joy in "The Witch".

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The project to make this remake has several years, since the idea arose in 2017 and Taylor-Joy herself was then the protagonist of it.

The new

Nosferatu

would be the third film in which the actress would work directed by Eggers, with whom she already worked on 

The Witch

 in 2015, the film with which Anya began to become known.

The other project they shared is

The Northman

, where Taylor-Joy was part of an international cast in which she shared the screen with Nicole Kidman, Willem Dafoe, Ethan Hawke, Alexander Skarsgård and Björk.

The film, a historical thriller set in Iceland in the 10th century, has yet to be released.

"Lady's Gambit," the series was Anya Taylor-Joy's most recent work.

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The 25-year-old actress is one of the hottest names in the film industry, after the worldwide success of her starring role in the Netflix series,

Lady's Gambit

, where she played a child chess prodigy.

That role gave her the award for best actress in a limited series (miniseries) or television movie in the last edition of the Golden Globes.

With her role as chess player Beth Harmon in

Lady's Gambit

, she will also be a candidate for best actress in a limited series or television movie at the Emmy gala to be held on September 19.

In "Emma", for which she was a candidate for another Golden Globe. Photo File Clarín

In this category he also competes, among others, with Kate Winslet (

Mare of Easttown

), Cynthia Erivo (

Genius: Aretha

), Elizabeth Olsen (

WandaVision

) and Michaela Coel (

I May Destroy You

).

In recent years, Taylor-Joy also worked on

Fragmented

(2016) and its sequel,

Glass

(2019), from director M. Night Shyamalan.

He then starred in

Emma

(2020), based on the novel by Jane Austen, and also participated in

The New Mutants

, about the X-Men.

For Taylor-Joy, this is just beginning.

After

Nosferatu

and

The Northman

, in the future there are many more projects for the actress, and all very different.

Among them, the main character of

Furiosa

awaits

, which will be a prequel to

Mad Max: Fury Road

(2015) and which will again have the direction of George Miller.

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