{"id":173393,"date":"2025-10-01T18:28:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T18:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/173393\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T18:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T18:28:11","slug":"meet-jacob-elordis-monster-in-freaky-new-frankenstein-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/173393\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Jacob Elordi&#8217;s Monster in Freaky New &#8216;Frankenstein&#8217; Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDon\u2019t expect to see bolts sticking out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/jacob-elordi\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jacob-elordi\" data-tag=\"jacob-elordi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob Elordi<\/a>\u2018s head. The new trailer for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/guillermo-del-toro\/\" id=\"auto-tag_guillermo-del-toro\" data-tag=\"guillermo-del-toro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guillermo del Toro<\/a>\u2018s Frankenstein, which hits select theaters Oct. 17 before streaming on Netflix Nov. 7,  finally shows off Elordi\u2019s pale, crazy-quilt look as Frankenstein\u2019s monster \u2014\u00a0which veers away from vintage depictions of the creature, instead sticking closer to Mary Shelley\u2019s original descriptions in her 1818 novel. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe trailer opens with Elordi\u2019s guttural voiceover, which promises a film from the monster\u2019s point of view:  \u201cMy maker told his tale. And I will tell you mine.\u201d From there, the footage follows the creature on a violent quest to confront Oscar Isaac\u2019s Victor Frankenstein, showing him attacking a ship frozen in Arctic ice, stalking through gunfire, and chasing his creator through gothic ballrooms and dark dungeons. Along the way, the narrative emphasizes the creature\u2019s tragic humanity. \u201cIf you are not to award me love, then I will indulge in rage,\u201d he tells Victor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDel Toro\u2019s version sets the story against the backdrop of the Crimean War, with the creature assembled from battlefield casualties. Elordi spent up to 10 hours per session in the makeup chair and worked 18-hour days in full prosthetics. To develop the creature\u2019s physicality, he studied butoh, a Japanese avant-garde dance form, and for the voice, he listened to Mongolian throat singing, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/features\/jacob-elordi-oscar-isaac-frankenstein-interview-makeup-netflix-1236492420\/\">according to Variety<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cNobody would come near me,\u201d Elordi told Variety. \u201cI needed water, but nobody approached me because the makeup looked so angry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe cast also includes Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, Felix Kammerer, Lars Mikkelsen, Charles Dance, and David Bradley. <\/p>\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tFrankenstein has been a passion project for del Toro since 2007, when he first announced plans to adapt what he\u2019s called his \u201cfavorite novel in the world.\u201d Andrew Garfield was originally cast as the creature but dropped out in January 2024 due to scheduling conflicts. Del Toro had already spent nine months designing Garfield\u2019s look and had just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/frankenstein-monster-jacob-elordi-guillermo-del-toro-oscar-isaac?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dhtwitter&amp;utm_content=null\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">nine weeks<\/a> to redesign everything for the taller Elordi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t expect to see bolts sticking out of Jacob Elordi\u2018s head. 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