MaXXXine star Mia Goth is currently in production on Guillermo del Toro‘s long-awaited Frankenstein movie and she recently talked about her experience on the project in an interview with GamesRadar, and it sounds like she’s having a great experience!
She said: “It’s been amazing. It’s everything that I wanted it to be and more. I love Guillermo, I love working with him, he’s an incredible director, everyone knows that, but he’s also such a wonderful person. And I’m very excited.”
Goth stars in the film alongside Jacob Elordi, who is playing The Monster, Oscar Isaac, who will play Victor Frankenstein; and Christoph Waltz. We don’t know for sure who Goth is playing, but it’s rumored she will be taking on the role of The Bride.
Del Toro is writing, directing, and producing the film and he previously said of the project, “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.”
Producer J. Miles Dale went on to say that it’s going to be a “deeply emotional” movie, and added: “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.”
The film is based on Mary Shelley’s novel, which follows 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.