Overview
- Elordi said his mother let him rent Pan’s Labyrinth as a child only after he promised he would never work with its director.
- He shared the anecdote onstage with del Toro at a BFI IMAX event in London, where the filmmaker joked that it’s good to disobey one’s mother.
- Elordi was cast after the originally intended actor exited shortly before filming, leaving him four weeks to prepare.
- Portraying the Creature required roughly 10 hours of daily makeup and about 42 prosthetic pieces, according to del Toro.
- Though released by Netflix, del Toro urged audiences to experience Frankenstein in theaters, as the film rides multiple Oscar nominations including Elordi’s supporting-actor nod.