“I have so much pleasure in turning with him”: Luc Besson signs an unprecedented Dracula, who he chose to embody this vampire guided by eternal love?

With his new film “Dracula”, Luc Besson offers a romantic rereading of the vampire myth, led by actor Caleb Landry Jones. &#13. Similarly,

After having marked French and international cinema with emblematic works such as “Le Grand Bleu”, “Nikita”, “Léon”, “The Fifth Element” or “Lucy”, Luke Besson is tackling one of the most mythical characters in literature: Dracula. In addition, Inspired by the novel by Bram Stoker published in 1897. However, the filmmaker offers a version centered on eternal love, far from the simple horrific shots.

In this new adaptation, history begins in 1480 in Romania. Nevertheless, Prince Vladimir, upset by the death of his beloved, renounces God and becomes a vampire. In addition, For more “i have so much pleasure than four centuries, he traveled the world in search of the reincarnation of the one he lost. Therefore, He believes to find her in Paris, in the guise of a modern young woman. However, For Luc Besson, this quest is above all that of an absolute love.

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A reflection on our time – "i have so much pleasure

The director sees in this story a contemporary resonance: “We can clearly see that society is completely dileting in all directions. Moreover, Money has crazy, disproportionate. We have the impression that there is only what matters. It is important for many people. especially the artists to take a little pennant and to say: there is love too, and to talk about that for two hours. »»

It is this “i have so much pleasure desire to replace love at the heart of a world in loss of bearings that guided. it in the construction of the film. Dracula thus becomes a mirror of our modern concerns, while remaining faithful to its Gothic legend: elegance, metamorphosis, photophobia, nyctalopia … All the attributes of the vampire are there, but magnified by a deeply human and sentimental dimension.

Caleb Landry Jones. unexpected muse

To embody this revisited Dracula, Luc Besson again called on Caleb Landry Jones, an American 35 -year -old actor, whom he had already directed in “Dogman” in 2023. His singular physique – very pale skin. red hair – and his intense game seduced the director, who is not praising: “I have so much pleasure to shoot with him. He lives in a small house in Los Angeles with his wife. he has just had a baby, he does not go out. Additionally, He has rotten “i have so much pleasure sneakers, I wanted to buy them, but he doesn’t want to. He has a humble life that gives him, when he turns, this kind of power and wealth. He is imbued with nothing. »»

It was also during the shooting of “Dogman” that the two men had the idea of this. film on “Dracula”. Their artistic complicity may well give birth to other common projects in the future.

A bold work in an overexploited universe

It took daring to “i have so much pleasure offer an original version of Dracula. already adapted more than 200 times to the cinema. Luc Besson takes up the challenge with a personal look and a singular vision, both romantic and melancholy. With Dracula. he signed a work both faithful to the imagination of the vampire and anchored in the most universal human emotions.

The film is currently on display in theaters.

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