Overview
- On The Tonight Show, Elordi said scenes with full exposure required up to 11 hours in the makeup chair, with a minimum of six hours on lighter days.
- Del Toro insisted on in-camera creature design, with Elordi wearing up to 42 prosthetic pieces instead of relying on CGI.
- The director told Variety the actor never complained during stretches that reached 20-hour days on the production.
- British GQ reports Elordi has been dressing more like Victor Frankenstein on recent red carpets, including a custom Bottega Veneta look at the Governors Awards, framing the styling as soft marketing.
- Streaming on Netflix since November 7, the film drew nearly 30 million views in its first few days, and Elordi next headlines Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights set for a Valentine’s Day release.