As a result, it feels as if hundreds of thousands of actors have played Count Dracula over countless feature films and television episodes. Some are straight adaptations of the novel, while others ...

Yet, Lugosi wasn't the first choice to play the Count, or even the second. Or third. Originally, the role of Dracula was ...

So I was stoked to learn that renowned actor and meme’ed nutcase Nicolas Cage would be portraying Dracula in Universal’s upcoming horor-comedy Renfield — and now, I’m stoked to give you a first look .