Jacob Elordi will play Frankenstein’s Monster in the new Guillermo del Toro movie coming to Netflix, replacing Andrew Garfield who is said to have a schedule conflict due to the strikes.
According to Garfield’s IMDb, the actor is currently filming Voyagers and has Hot Air and Brideshead Revisited in the works.
Jacob Elordi is known for HBO’s Euphoria, Priscilla and Saltburn and joins Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained), Felix Kammerer (All Quiet on the Western Front), Oscar Isaac and Mia Goth in Frankenstein along with Lars Mikkelsen (The Witcher), David Bradley (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio) and Christian Convery (Sweet Tooth).
What is Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein about?
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.
Frankenstein continues Netflix’s partnership with del Toro, including the Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature Film, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, the anthology series Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, and the animated films Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans and Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia.
The film also continues Netflix’s partnership with Oscar winner J. Miles Dale, who recently served as executive producer and co-showrunner on Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities.
Guillermo del Toro is the writer, director and produces with J. Miles Dale.
