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Elordi’s Marathon Makeup and Red-Carpet Strategy Lift Del Toro’s Frankenstein on Netflix

Del Toro’s practical-effects mandate put Jacob Elordi through up to 11 hours in prosthetics for sequences that fully reveal the Creature.

the creature caresses elizabeth's face while they examine a leaf in a still from frankenstein
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"It becomes part of the brush strokes of the landscape. It was trying to find that dreamlike quality—faces blurred so they felt like memories," Hawley says of the sheer fabrics used in the film.
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Overview

  • Streaming since Nov. 7, the film quickly drew nearly 30 million early views and is currently the most-watched movie on Netflix, according to new reporting.
  • Elordi detailed spending up to 11 hours in the chair and wearing as many as 42 prosthetics, reflecting del Toro’s choice to build the Creature with makeup and practical effects rather than CGI.
  • Del Toro praised Elordi for never complaining during an occasionally 20-hour workday schedule, and said the actor stepped in late with only about four weeks to prepare after Andrew Garfield exited.
  • Elordi said he cried the first time he saw himself on screen in full prosthetics and trained his voice with techniques including Mongolian throat singing.
  • Post-release appearances have doubled as soft marketing, with British GQ noting Elordi’s custom Bottega Veneta looks that echo Victor Frankenstein and keep the conversation going as he readies Wuthering Heights.