Overview
- The 28-year-old accepted the award on Jan. 4 in Santa Monica at the Barker Hangar after a field that included Benicio del Toro, Paul Mescal, Sean Penn, Adam Sandler and Stellan Skarsgård.
- On stage he opened with “Bloody hell. I really didn’t plan for it” and thanked Guillermo del Toro along with his parents.
- He singled out production designer Tamara Deverell, costume designer Kate Hawley and prosthetics head Mike Hill, praising their work over relying on green screen.
- At The Hollywood Reporter’s Actors Roundtable on Jan. 3, he said the Creature’s prosthetics took about 10 hours when newborn and roughly five hours when clothed, calling the preparation “the greatest blessing.”
- He portrays the Creature opposite Oscar Isaac’s Victor Frankenstein in the Netflix release, and he is nominated at the Golden Globes on Jan. 11.