# @variety on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-02-07T21:20:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Variety (@Variety) — https://gondola.cc/Variety

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From creating one monster to killing another, #ChristophWaltz’s winter has been a horror show.

The 69-year-old Austrian Oscar winner played Henrich Harlander, Victor Frankenstein’s wealthy benefactor, in Guillermo del Toro’s #Frankenstein, which received nine Oscar nominations in January. He also stars in Luc Besson’s #Dracula adaptation, now playing in theaters, in which he plays Van Helsing to Caleb Landry Jones’ titular bloodsucker.

But while there’s kismet to Waltz appearing in two stylish adaptations of classic monster novels, he admits he didn’t grow up reading either book. “I wasn’t into horror,” Waltz says in accented English. “Both ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Dracula’ are not part of the German-speaking literary canon. So they were mostly movies to me. I was duly impressed by them, but I didn’t lose my self-control.”

There are parallels to be found between Waltz and his scary movies. While Dr. Frankenstein is analytical and ambitious, Dracula is all soul and romance; blend these two, and it approximates how Waltz approaches art and acting. Ask him a question that paints the art of acting in too lofty a light, and he’ll reframe it in workmanlike terms.

“Are there any modern acting trends that interest you?” he’s asked. “No,” he replies.

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📸: dandoperalski

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