Willem Dafoe likes it when he sucks... And by that we, of course, mean he enjoys playing vampires.
Following the Nosferatu-flavoured Shadow Of The Vampire and the upcoming apocalyptic bloodsucker-themed Daybreakers, Dafoe has decided to keep his teeth sharpened for the third time in his career with Paul Weitz’s new horror-fantasy Cirque du Freak.
ShockTillYouDrop.com reports that Dafoe has joined the rather starry likes of John C. Reilly, Ken Watanabe, Patrick Fugit, Jane Krakowski and Salma Hayek in the freak show flick.
Based on the first instalment of Darren Shan’s teen novels, the film will centre on a young lad, who, after attending an illegal freak show populated by all manner of weirdness and oddities, is forced to become a vampire's assistant in order to save his best friend's life.
Dafoe will be playing a night walker named Gavner Purl in the movie which is currently filming.