Renfield: Awkwafina on on Filming a Monster of a Sequence & Working With Nicolas Cage

In Chris McKay’s upcoming Dracula sequel, Renfield, starring Nicolas Cage and Nicholas Hoult, comedian and actress Awkwafina plays police officer Rebecca Quincy. Though somewhat removed from the roles audiences are used to seeing her in, such as her Comedy Central series Awkwafina is Nora from Queens, Ocean’s Eight, and Crazy Rich Asians, during an interview with Collider’s Steve Weintraub, Awkwafina tells us what about this project was actually a career first for her, and what about the dark comedy didn’t surprise her. While the role of New Orleans traffic cop, Rebecca Quincy, may seem like it came out of left field for fans of the Golden Globe nominee, Awkwafina’s part in Renfield still serves up comedic relief on top of the dose of reality she brings to the fantastical horror. Though still camp (considering it depicts a toxic relationship between Cage’s Count Dracula and his indebted servant, Renfield, played by Hoult), the movie has a lot of blood, like, “you know, bodies getting broken in half, ar