Overview
- Elordi won Best Supporting Actor at the Critics Choice Awards on Jan. 4 in Santa Monica, his first major acting prize.
- He was recognized for playing the Creature opposite Oscar Isaac’s Victor Frankenstein in Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation.
- Elordi has said the newborn-Creature look required about 10 hours in prosthetics, dropping to roughly five hours once costumed.
- He described del Toro framing the process as “the sacrament,” using the long makeup sessions to study the script and refine his ideas.
- He recalled filming an emotional climax earlier than expected, and he is also nominated for a Golden Globe on Jan. 11.