NOSFERATU: Ralph Ineson on the reaction to him being cast as GALACTICUS in the MCU

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He's re-teamed with The Witch director Robert Eggers this December, but he has a BIG year ahead of him. Report by Nelsonj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Ralph, how are you doing, pal?

00:01I'm good, thank you.

00:02Lovely to see you.

00:03I've got to say, before we start on this, congratulations on smashing 2024.

00:07I just want to know, like, how visceral was that outpouring of love with the announcement

00:11of your involvement in Marvel in such a role like that?

00:14All I could see on the internet were people going, how brilliant is it this guy's getting

00:18a chance at something that meaty and that big?

00:20Yeah, it was really humbling because I was a bit like, you know, when they announced

00:25that, how's that going to go down?

00:26Because there was a lot of big names that had been attached and castigated, that kind

00:27of thing.

00:28And I was expecting people to go, sorry, who?

00:29But yeah, it was lovely.

00:30Very heartwarming and gave me a lot of confidence going into the job, to be honest, knowing

00:31that, you know, it seems that there's a fair proportion of fans like the idea of me doing

00:32it.

00:33There's a good number of people out there, myself included, who've been watching you

00:34for many years, and I've always enjoyed what you've done.

00:36I'm very much looking forward to seeing what you do with that.

00:37Let's get on to it.

00:38I'm going to start with you, Ralph.

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01:32And he's changed a lot and not changed at all at the same time.

01:36You know, he's still got the same fierce intelligence and intensity that drives everything he does.

01:42But the way he approaches things, this is just on a bigger scale than it was when we worked on The Witch.

01:49The same attention to detail, passionate research into every nuance of everything in the script.

01:58It's exactly the same.

02:00So yeah, he's a wonderful director to work for.

02:02This is the first time that people might go in, not just with expectations of him and his very particular directorial style,

02:09but obviously the story and the plot.

02:11It's the first time he's taken on a story that we feel we're aware of.

02:15Was that a similar feel for you?

02:18Did you go back and watch the other two movies?

02:21Or did you kind of know this is going to be so unique that it would be a completely pointless venture?

02:26And what should we do as an audience to prepare for this kind of movie?

02:30Well, it needs to be better.

02:32I think it will just grab you.

02:34I'd say watch his other work.

02:37Yeah, because they've got the same costume designers, the same production designers, the same direction of photography in all the movies.

02:45So there's definitely a style and an immersive world that they all create together that you see in this one.

02:53I'll do my due.

02:56I'm here with my wife.

02:57It's nice to see him with his clothes on.

02:58Yes, that's true.

03:00And finally, you get to dance around creatively with the great Willem Dafoe in this,

03:07and it feels almost theatrical in the sense that it's almost like watching theatre at times, the scenes you guys have together.

03:14How delicious was that as an actor to be able to be on set and play in that kind of work?

03:21Yeah, I mean, from the moment that Robert cast Willem in The Lighthouse,

03:25I kind of put two and two together and realised that I'd be working with him on Nosferatu when it eventually happened.

03:33And I've been looking forward to it ever since.

03:35I mean, he's been an absolute hero of mine as an actor since long before I decided to act.

03:41I remember watching him when I was at university before I'd even thought of acting.

03:48So, he's always been a hero of mine.

03:52So, to actually not just work with him, but have a partnership on screen with him is just...

03:57I skip into work every day.

03:59Mate, well, it was great to see. I've really enjoyed this.

04:01I'm sure it's going to scatter bejesus to a lot of people over the holiday season.

04:04And good luck with the next 12 months, man.

04:07Good luck with the ride. Really looking forward to seeing how that pans out.

04:09Absolutely.

04:10Cheers, buddy.

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