Poe Dameron actor Oscar Isaac is about to star as Victor Frankenstein in Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of Frankenstein for Netflix, set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival on August 30th, and he talks about the role with Variety.com.
Isaac was always del Toro’s first choice for Victor, even before there was a screenplay. The two met over a long lunch as del Toro teased out details. “When I talked to Guillermo, he was like, ‘I’m making a feast,’” Isaac says. “And he really did.” A year later, del Toro had Isaac come to a hotel room, where he presented the actor with 30 pages from the script, and Isaac performed every part out loud. “I’m just reading all the voices,” Isaac recalls. By the time he got to the last page, “we were just crying,” Isaac says. “There’s just so much pain there.”
“I saw him much more as an artist than as a scientist,” Isaac says. “I watched a video of Prince going to the [2007] Super Bowl in order to rehearse. And I just basically stole his walk when he’s going up to the stage with his hands behind the back.” In keeping with the rock star theme, del Toro’s direction consisted of telling Isaac: “Give me more Mick Jagger.”
Read more at Variety.com. Frankenstein will get an exclusive three-week theatrical release starting on October 17th, before debuting it on Netflix on November 7th.
Image: Platon for Variety
