The movie Robert Eggers is “really, really glad” he never made: “Whether that’s good or bad”
Robert Eggers says he is glad a medieval knight film called *The Knight* was never made, because he had not yet developed the experience and collaborative approach he believes it needed. The project’s difficulties led him to pause it and pursue *Nosferatu*, which better matched his and the studio’s expectations and became a major release.
Eggers said he worked on *The Knight* for almost a year before recognising that he and the studio were imagining different films, a mismatch he attributed to his own inexperience. He described *Nosferatu* as a more commercial version of his debut, *The Witch*; it was eventually released after *The Lighthouse* and *The Northman* and received four Academy Award nominations. Eggers said he has since become more fluid with collaborators, and suggested *The Knight* might be made one day.
- Eggers is glad his medieval knight film stalled.
- He turned his attention back to *Nosferatu*.
- He says experience improved his collaboration with filmmakers.
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Robert Eggers is a film director known for period horror films, including his debut, The Witch. His films often draw on historical settings and folklore, while being made for modern cinema audiences.
The Knight was a planned film about a medieval knight. Eggers has said he and the studio funding it had different ideas about what the film should be; he later made Nosferatu, a reworking of a well-known vampire story, which received four Academy Award nominations.
The account matters because it links a project that stalled to Eggers’s development as a director and to the making of another film. The Knight may still be made in future.