

Differences aside-there are plenty of them-Eggers and cowriter Sjón add an explicit Yorick reference in the form of Heimir. The Northman is based on the old Scandinavian legend that inspired Hamlet, albeit with a significant increase in guys wearing wolf pelts. Despite having the epitome of little-guy weirdness at his disposal, however, director Robert Eggers quickly squanders his film’s crown jewel-to the detriment of both the audience and The Northman itself.

My friend told me it’s “a combination of magnetism and revulsion.” But I propose an alternative: It’s Willem Dafoe as Heimir the Fool, The Northman’s secret weapon. Dafoe, it turns out, is short: we're guessing he'd be five-five in heels.What is the true essence of a weird little guy? We had the opportunity to meet Dafoe briefly earlier this year when he came to the Brattle Theater. Why the confusion? Perhaps this: very small man, very big dick. No, too big because everybody got very confused when they saw it.

We had a stand-in for him because we had to take the scenes

But you can say in the film that it’s changed reality.Īs for Dafoe, I wouldn’t let him treat her in any other way than with One of the main ideasīehind the treatment is that a fear is a thought, and a thought doesn’tĬhange reality. Years, and I tend to get sarcastic about it. Willem Dafoe - and I think you've mentioned this before - plays probably the worst therapist in the history of movies.įirst of all, I have been undergoing this cognitive therapy for three And not, as in the case of Marky Wahlberg in Boogie Nights, because his member was insufficient for the part, but for the opposite reason: Dafoe's dick is just way too fucking huge: We suspect some of you may have missed the salient segment of Peter Keough's interview with Antichrist director Lars Von Trier this week, in which he revealed that Willem Dafoe required a stunt-cock for the film.
