Watch the latest behind-the-scenes footage of Dracula Untold, featuring Luke Evans and Sarah Gadon.
Finding a unique approach on Dracula, arguably the most filmed character in movie history, is difficult. But have you seen one about Dracula as the medieval Wallachian prince, Vlad Tepes, as an epic hero? That is the new angle of Universal and Legendary Pictures’ Dracula Untold, which attempts to contextualize and humanize Dracula’s decision to join the ranks of the Undead to protect his people and to save his family from Turkish tyranny.
In the new behind-the-scenes featurette (via msn) stars Luke Evans and Sarah Gadon talk about this blood curdling approach in director Gary Shore’s film.
For their fourth official attempt to unearth the Undead count in Dracula Untold, Universal has partnered with Legendary Pictures with the intent of going back to the “origins” of the vampire. Yes, it is true that the connection between Vlad Tepes (Vlad The Imapler) and vampires was first made by Bram Stoker in his 1897 novel Dracula, but let us not quibble over details. In this Halloween-timed vampire flick, directed by first-timer Gary Shore, Universal time warps to the 15th century. After the fall of Constantinople, Eastern Europe is in a world of religious and cultural upheaval. Out of the darkness arises a Romanian Prince Vlad (Luke Evans) whose unusual story will inevitably take him down the dark and damned path of the Nosferatu. Complete with Charles Dance, Dominic Cooper, Charlie Cox, Charles Dance, Sarah Gadon, and Samantha Barks as a succubus claiming men’s souls.
Dracula Untold opens October 10, 2014.
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