Willem Dafoe has built a career defined by range ... playing silent film actor Max Schreck as he gets a little too deep into the title role of the German Expressionist classic “Nosferatu.” ...
And so there was a legend that Max Schreck was a real vampire. And so, Willem Dafoe, in “Shadow of the Vampire,” plays Max Schreck as a real vampire. And it is an incredible performance.