‘I’m kinda playing myself’: Dracula star Claes Bang reveals the secret to playing villains is to unleash your ‘dark side’
Although Claes Bang has a reputation for being one of the nicer actors on the circuit, he’s always made a fine villain.
Now the Dracula star has revealed the secret to his success as a villain: he’s not afraid to reveal his inner dark side.
The 55-year-old Danish actor told The Chron’s Alison Boshoff: “I’m sorry to say I play myself.”
‘I’m kind of playing myself’: Dracula star Claes Bang has revealed the secret to playing villains is to unleash your ‘dark side’ (pictured in his new series Bad Sisters)
He explained, “It’s about admitting all the dark sides that we all have, maybe the sides of myself that I’m not too proud of.”
Claes is currently the play’s villain in the delicious Apple TV+ black comedy Bad Sisters.
He plays JP, the lazy husband of one of the titular sisters, who is [spoiler alert] buried in the opening scenes.
Eve Hewson – Bono’s daughter – plays the youngest of five siblings suspected of turning JP away.
She says, “It starts with his funeral, and then as the season progresses you get to know why they want him dead.”
Spooky season: Claes became an overnight star after playing the title character in the 2020 BBC series Dracula
Claes will continue his sinister streak by playing Coco Chanel’s Nazi lover in The New Look for the same channel.
His character, Hans von Dincklage, was a prominent Nazi official who spied for the Reich in Paris prior to World War II.
He and Chanel lived together at the Ritz during the Nazi occupation.
Claes became an overnight star after playing the title character in the 2020 BBC series Dracula.
Viewers across the country were captivated by Claes’ “excellent” performance as the world’s most famous vampire – with some proclaiming him their favorite portrayal of the legendary horror figure.
Others were distracted by Claes’ fiendishly handsome looks and gushed about the “amazingly hot” Count.
Something to watch: Claes is currently the play’s villain in the delicious Apple TV+ black comedy Bad Sisters, which also stars Eve Hewson (left) and Sharon Horgan (right).