‘Frankenstein' Stars Oscar Isaac and Mia Goth Tease 'Big, Mexican' Adaptation and Jacob Elordi's 'Heartbreaking' Monster
The film stars Isaac as scientist Victor Frankenstein, with Jacob Elordi as the monster he creates and Goth as Victor's fiancée Elizabeth Lavenza. Del Toro has spoken about the Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein being a longtime passion, something he has sought to make for decades.
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On the carpet ahead of the Tudum presentation, Issac told The Hollywood Reporter that when del Toro first brought up the idea, 'I wasn't expecting it. I was just sitting with him talking and after a long conversation he looked up at me and said, 'I think that you need to be my Victor Frankenstein.' I still can't believe it.'
At #TUDUM 2025, Oscar Isaac reveals that he still can't believe that Guillermo del Toro asked him to play 'Victor Frankenstein' in his upcoming film. pic.twitter.com/uZwaULGv6V
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 31, 2025
'He said, 'I'm going to make you a banquet as an actor,' and that is what he did, every day I would come to set and I just was so excited and was doing all sorts of beautiful, difficult, expressive things,' Isaac continued. 'I just had him as my brother, right there helping me every step of the way.'
Del Toro has previously said the project would not be a true horror movie, and Isaac described it as, 'a big, Mexican, dark, sumptuous, dramatic character piece.' Goth added, 'It's an incredibly epic film. I've never been a part of something so big and so grand, but it's also incredibly emotional and deeply personal. It's a story that's been a part of Guillermo's life since he was a boy and so I definitely think people might be pleasantly surprised by how much heart there is in this movie.'
At #TUDUM 2025, Mia Goth describes how Guillermo Del Toro's new Frankenstein film is beyond a horror film pic.twitter.com/Mq2dPN6GEg
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 31, 2025
And though Elordi wasn't in attendance at the event, his monster did make a brief appearance in the new footage. Isaac described it as 'heartbreaking' to see Elordi in character for the first time, noting, 'he is such a graceful, beautiful, sad and rageful portrait of this creature.' Goth said that the team 'did such an amazing job with that makeup' for Elordi's character, recalling, 'that was a hard gig for him, he was in that makeup chair for hours, but it was worth it because the makeup was incredible.'
Frankenstein will arrive on Netflix in November.
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