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Girls are not the only ones who cry because of Jacob Elordi. The Australian actor could not hold back his tears after his new film “Frankenstein” on Saturday at the Venice Film Festival was celebrated with a 14-minute standing ovation.
Elordi and del Toro overwhelmed by the premiere
Both Elordi and director Guillermo del Toro were so moved by the enthusiastic reaction to the Netflix film that they shed tears. Elordi was also filmed how he hugged his co-stars Oscar Isaac and Mia Goth.
The film, an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel from 1818, shows Elordi as the famous monster, sewn together and sewed together by Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Isaac) brought to life. Goth plays Elizabeth, Victors tragic childhood love, and Christoph Waltz embodies Harlander, an arms dealer.
During a press conference at the weekend, Elordi said that he had devoted himself to the role with all devotion. “It was a container in which I could add every facet of myself,” he said (via “Deadline”). “From the moment I was born, to where I am sitting with them today – everything is in this figure. And in many ways the being on the screen is the purest form of myself. He is more I than myself.”
Del Toro’s childhood dream becomes a reality
Del Toro spoke about his wish to re -film the iconic story: “It was a religion for me. Since childhood – I have been brought up strictly Catholic – I never really understood the saints. But when I saw Boris Karl on the screen, I understood how a saint or messiah. Since then I have been pursuing this creature, and I have always been waiting for the film to be created under the right conditions. To the scope it took to make something new and own of it to reconstruct an whole world. ”
In August, Elordi told the “Variety” magazine that he had spent up to ten hours a day in the mask to play Frankenstein. “There are so many layers on the costume,” he said. “When he is born, he carries almost nothing. His chest is open, his head is raised. Then when he experiences pain as we during puberty, he begins to let his shoulders hang. And as an adult, he completely closes.”
“Frankenstein” starts on October 17th in the US cinemas and can be seen at Netflix from November 7th.