Mia Goth Reportedly Playing The Bride in Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN Movie and Other Roles Revealed
Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Blade 2, The Shape of Water) is currently developing his long-awaited film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein for Netflix. The project has a great cast that includes Andrew Garfield, Oscar Isaac, and Mia Goth, and a new report has surfaced claiming to know who the actors are playing in the film.
According to What’s on Netflix, Isaac will reportedly take on the role of the Monster; Garfield will play Dr. Frankenstein, his creator; and Goth will be playing The Bride. It would make sense if this turned out to be true. Regardless of who any of the actors are playing, this cast is going to deliver great performances! I am kind of bummed, though, that Doug Jones isn’t playing The Monster.
When Del Toro first revealed he was finally doing the project he said: “I’m doing Frankenstein. We’re working on it. We start shooting in February, and it’s a movie I have been wanting to do for 50 years since I saw the first Frankenstein. I had an epiphany, and it’s basically a movie that required a lot of growth and a lot of tools that I couldn’t have done 10 years ago. Now I’m brave or crazy enough or something, and we’re gonna tackle it.”
The director previously shared his love for the property, but also explained that he does have a fear of making it: “Frankenstein to me is the pinnacle of everything, and part of me wants to do a version of it, part of me has for more than 25 years chickened out of making it. I dream I can make the greatest Frankenstein ever, but then if you make it, you’ve made it. Whether it’s great or not, it’s done. You cannot dream about it anymore. That’s the tragedy of a filmmaker. You can dream of something but once you’ve made it, you’ve made it. That’s it. You landed a 10 or you landed a 6.5 but you were at the Olympics already, and you were judged.”
The film’s producer, J. Miles Dale, also talked about the film and offered some additional insight into it. According to him, Del Toro is building his own monster universe. He explains: "At one time, he was going to do the Monster Universe with Universal — Frankenstein's Bride, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Invisible Man, The Wolf Man — and he didn't. We feel like Shape of Water was kind of a version of a creature. So now, here he is doing his own Monster Universe."
I love that Del Toro is looking to make a monster universe! He made such an incredible and wonderful film with The Shape of Water, and I have no doubt he’s going to make an awesome Frankenstein movie! Dale went on to say that it’s going to be a "deeply emotional" movie: "In the last couple of films, certainly with Nightmare Alley and then with Pinocchio, we've dealt with the whole father-son relationship. And Guillermo and I both lost our fathers in the last few years. When you have a strong father figure, it's a big part of our lives. This version of Frankenstein very much goes down that thematic road. So, I feel like this is the third film in Guillermo's father trilogy. That's exciting, and when you read the script, it's very emotional and, of course, very iconic."
When talking about the cast of the film, Dale said: "It's a pretty good cast. We've had pretty good casts the last couple films. The last one was insane, frankly. I mean, that's a pinch-me cast. And so was The Shape of Water cast. That's another dream cast. I think there are a lot of actors that really want to work with Guillermo, and so that makes things a little bit easier. So, it should be fun. Nothing's easy, and that one's not going to be easy — it's a big movie with a ship stuck in the ice and a ton of other things — but we've got a little bit of lead time on it, and we're excited to get going."