Saltburn and Priscilla star Jacob Elordi has joined the cast of Guillermo Del Toro‘s Frankenstein movie for Netflix, replacing Andrew Garfield as the monster.
Elordi is a Monster
As with some other projects in the pipeline that have lost major cast members, Garfield has had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts caused by studios dragging their feet over fair pay for writers and actors, which created a lengthy strike in 2023.
Elordi, hot off the aforementioned films by Emerald Fennel and Sofia Coppola, will join Felix Kammerer (All Quiet on the Western Front) as a newcomer to the cast.
Del Toro has dreamed of making a Frankenstein movie ”for 50 years” ever since he saw the 1931 James Whale film adaptation, and feels now is the right time to realize his version of the story that sees an obsessive doctor create a living creature from dead body parts.
Frankenstein will also star Oscar Isaac (Dune) as the Doctor, with Mia Goth (Infinity Pool), Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds), Lars Mikkelsen (The Witcher), David Bradley (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio) and Christian Convery (Sweet Tooth) also involved.
Gullermo Del Toro has a longstanding relationship with Netflix that has seen him create the likes of his stop-motion Pinnochio film, anthology horror show The Cabinet of Curiosities, and the animated series Trollhunters.
There’s no set release date for Frankenstein. Filming is due to start in February, but with the strikes and now having to recast the monster role, it’s likely suffered a bit of a setback.
