When Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein hits theaters and Netflix later this year, people will watch for all kinds of reasons. Fans of the genre will be excited to see del Toro’s take on the classic tale. Fans of del Toro’s will want to see what he’s brought to this story he’s dreamed of making his entire life. And some, yes, will watch just to see Jacob Elordi as an animated corpse.
Trailers and clips released publicly for the film have yet to reveal in detail what Elordi looks like as the creation of Dr. Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac) but, speaking to Entertainment Weekly, del Toro pulled the metaphorical robe off his monster. When asked to describe the look of the character, the Oscar-winning director said he’s “staggeringly beautiful, in an otherworldly way.”
“It looks like a newborn, alabaster creature,” he continued. “The scars are beautiful and almost aerodynamic.” And, because the creature was created from the corpses of multiple people, del Toro explained that the skin is multiple colors. “The hues are pale but almost translucent. It feels like a newborn soul,” he said.
Del Toro doesn’t think people who watch the film will be scared of the look of the creature because the character of Dr. Frankenstein didn’t design him that way. “Victor is as much an artist as he is a surgeon, and if he’s been dreaming about this creature for all his life, he’s going to nail it,” del Toro said. Both Frankenstein and del Toro are similar in that way. What they “didn’t want was the feeling that you were seeing an accident victim that has been patched [together].”
Unfortunately, the quotes don’t come with a reveal of this “beautiful,” “alabaster” work of art. We guess you’ll just have to wait until October 17 in theaters, or November 7 on Netflix, to see it. And once that happens, we’re sure the internet will be totally normal about it.
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