Frankenstein
Short description
Victor Frankenstein is an ambitious and egoistic scientist who seeks to conquer death by creating life from human remains. After securing financial backing, he succeeds in bringing a creature to life. However, Victor rejects his creation, leading the creature to turn against its creator in a cycle of tragedy that eventually destroys them both.
Directed and written by Guillermo del Toro, this is the 13th film in the director's career, following Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio. A joint production from Canada and the United States by Double Dare You Productions, De Milo, and Bluegrass 7, the movie features a cast including Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Christoph Waltz, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, and Charles Dance. The production had a budget of 120 million USD.
The film has been well received by both audiences and critics. It holds a rating of 7.4/10 on IMDb based on 289,000 votes and 7.6/10 on TMDB from 3,858 votes. Film critics provided a rating of 7.6/10 from 374 reviews, which aligns closely with the audience score on TMDB.
What's left behind the scenes
- In preparation for the role, Jacob Elordi studied butoh and Mongolian throat singing.
- Director and screenwriter Guillermo del Toro wanted Victor Frankenstein to look not like a scientist, but like a rock star, so the actor playing the role, Oscar Isaac, based his image on performers such as David Bowie, Mick Jagger, and Prince.
- Director and screenwriter Guillermo del Toro immediately stated that he had no intention of working with digital technologies and artificial intelligence, as he prefers tangible results of human labor.
- Jacob Elordi admitted that the role of the Creature was not easy for him. He spent up to ten hours in the makeup chair every day. If filming started in the morning, he would begin preparing for it the previous evening. Guillermo del Toro expressed admiration for the actor's patience, who never complained or disrupted filming, even if a shift lasted 20 hours.
- In 2009, Guillermo del Toro announced that work on the film was unlikely to begin in the next four years. However, he had already cast Doug Jones as the creature and begun conducting screen tests with him in makeup. Jones later stated that the project was shelved due to Universal Pictures' plans for a future "Dark Universe" franchise. The idea of a new cinematic universe was soon abandoned, and in 2023, del Toro revived the project under his contract with Netflix.
- At one point, Guillermo del Toro considered filming a trilogy, with the script for each film focusing on different characters – Victor Frankenstein, the Creature, and Captain Robert Walton.
- Director and screenwriter Guillermo del Toro was inspired by the illustrations of American artist Bernie Wrightson. Even before filming began, the director stated that this would not be a faithful adaptation of the original text.
- Initially, Andrew Garfield was cast as the Creature, but due to scheduling conflicts, he had to leave the project, and the role went to Jacob Elordi. Makeup artists worked on the Creature's appearance for Garfield for 9 months, and they had only 9 weeks to redo everything for Elordi.
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