Guillermo del Toro’s long-gestating Frankenstein movie, starring Oscar Isaac as Dr. Victor Frankenstein, and 6’5″Jacob Elordi’ as the Creature, is streaming on Netflix.
Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
The stitched-together alabaster body and face hide a soulful Creature who can feel love as we discover when the tragic tale is told from the Creature’s perspective.
Jacob Elordi spent up to 10 hours a day in the makeup chair to get the look.
Frankenstein opens with Victor Frankenstein finding refuge aboard a frozen Danish ship en route to the North Pole but the Creature isn’t far behind.
Toronto photographer Andrew Thomas captured images of the giant outdoor ship set at CineSpace Studios Marine Terminal near Cherry Beach.
Including the hooded Creature aboard the ship.
Frankenstein had its World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival and critics agreed that the production design on the US$120 million movie is “over the moon”.
Let’s construct the wardrobe and tailor the sets, and then give them to the actors . . .. I always say there is a difference between eye candy, which is pretty, and eye protein, which is telling the story. — Oscar Isaac.
Characters:
Oscar Isaac as Dr. Victor Frankenstein.
Jacob Elordi as the Creature.
Charles Dance as Victor Frankenstein’s father
Felix Kammerer as Victor Frankenstein’s brother William.
Mia Goth as William Frankenstein’s fiance Elizabeth Lavenza and the Creature’s first love.
Christoph Waltz as arms merchant Harlander.
Frankenstein filmed in Toronto and Scotland last year under the working title Prodigal Father.
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Ahead of production, the Oscar-winning director gathered some of his Frankenstein cast — Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz and Charles Dance — at Pai restaurant in Toronto.
Some weeks later, the 6′ 5″ tall Jacob Elordi (replacing Andrew Garfield who had a scheduling conflict) joined the director and co-star Mia Goth for another dinner at Pai restaurant.
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Frankenstein wrapped its four-month shoot in Toronto in the summer of 2024 and then headed to Scotland to shoot exteriors.
Frankenstein
Working title: PRODIGAL FATHER.
Writer/Director: Guillermo del Toro.
Toronto filming dates: March 04 2024 – July 05 2024.
Scotland shoot: July 2024 – October 2024.
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Charles Dance, Felix Kammerer,, Christoph Waltz, David Bradley, Lars Mikkelsen, Christian Convery.
