Director Rupert Sanders’ new big-screen take on The Crow is drawing near, and we have finally seen what Bill Skarsgård looks like in the role.
Revealed in a new spread by Vanity Fair, the first official look at Skarsgård’s take on the iconic anti-hero Eric Draven is here, and it looks to be a goth delight.
Those looking for a straight-up action film must temper expectations as Sanders’ reveals he’s taking a more gothic romance approach. “What drew me to this was the opportunity to make a dark romance, something that dealt with loss, grief, and the ethereal veil between life and death and reaching through that,” Sanders tells Vanity Fair. “Look, I grew up listening to Joy Division and the Cure, and this movie is a bit like a Cure song—the beauty of melancholy.”
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“Bill Skarsgård steps into the role of goth rocker Eric Draven, who, along with his lover, Shelly (FKA Twigs), is brutally murdered when the demons of Shelly’s past (in the form of a deliciously insinuating Danny Huston) catch up with them. Caught in a limbo state between the living and the dead, Eric sets out to avenge their deaths, walking the gossamer-fine line between the natural world and the supernatural one.”
The Crow opens in theaters on June 7, 2024.
