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Which Actuality Star Dressed Up because the 1922 ‘Nosferatu’s’ Depend Orlok on the Remake’s Premiere?theinsiderinsight

Halloween could have come and gone, however Hollywood decked out in frightful finery for the premiere of Nosferatu.

The Robert Eggers-written and directed horror movie is a remake of the silent basic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. The 1922 movie, which was impressed by Bram Stoker’s Dracula and likewise remade in 1979, gave cinema one in every of its horror icons: the bald, pointy-eared and fanged Depend Orlok.

And a actuality TV star who’s a grasp with make-up recreated the search for the 2024 premiere on the TCL Chinese language Theatre on Thursday, Dec. 12.

So who’s beneath the prosthetics and make-up? It is none aside from in style RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Katya Zamolodchikova, who typically goes simply by Katya.

Katya Zamolodchikova and Astor Yang on the “Nosferatu” premiere on Dec. 12, 2024.

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Katya was a fan-favorite on Season 7 of the drag competitors collection, and went on to star in All-Stars 2 the place she completed as a runner-up. After Drag Race, she teamed up with fellow season 7 alum Trixie Mattel to star within the internet collection UNHhhh, The Trixie & Katya Present and Netflix’s I Prefer to Watch.

Katya arrived on the Nosferatu premiere sporting prosthetic ears and fangs, pale make-up with darkish sunken eyes and lengthy, claw-like nails. She was accompanied by doll artist and costumer Astor Yang, who appeared to decorate as Orlok’s sufferer Ellen Hutter.

Within the remake, Depend Orlok is performed by Invoice Skarsgård and Ellen Hutter by Lily-Rose Depp. The remainder of the forged contains Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney and Willem Dafoe.

Katya (proper) is greatest identified for her collaborations with fellow ‘Drag Race’ season 7 alum Trixie Mattel (left).

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Even the actors bought in on the evening’s theme, with Depp sporting angelic silver robe whereas the remainder of the forged sporting all black or darkish brown.

Contained in the theater, which was inbuilt 1927 and has a gothic vibe of its personal, Katya and Yang posted Instagram Stories of themselves with a black-and-white filter, persevering with the 1922 theme.

Drag Race was well-represented on the premiere, with season 13’s Gottmik, season 14’s June Jambalaya, and Pit Crew member Bruno Alcantara all in attendance. Take a look at their pictures beneath:

Gottmik on the “Nosferatu” premiere on Dec. 12, 2024.

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June Jambalaya on the “Nosferatu” premiere on Dec. 12, 2024.

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Bruno Alcantara on the “Nosferatu” premiere on Dec. 12, 2024.

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This is not the primary time a Drag Race competitor triggered a scary sighting on the purple carpet. On the 2023 Primetime Emmys, Season 15 competitor Princess Poppy turned heads as a inexperienced goblin.

Nosferatu opens in theaters on Christmas Day.

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