Nosferatu could have had a very different cast if Robert Eggers' original plans had crystallized. When the director first planned to helm the horror remake a decade ago, Bill Skarsgård was far from being the first option for the titular role of Count Orlok.
In an interview for the podcast Happy Sad Confused, Skarsgård revealed that Mads Mikkelsen and co-star Willem Dafoe were among the main options to play the vampire, while he was attached to play Thomas Hutter (played by Nicholas Hoult in the movie).
