Guillermo del Toro has a thing about monsters. I think we can all agree on that. The iconic filmmaker has left hisone-of-a-kind stamp on the industryby doing one thing better than everyone else, and that’s not onlycrafting pure nightmare-fueled creaturesbut also making them a constant reminder that there areno monsters lurking in the closet that are more terrifying than humans. With hiskeen eye for design,expressive story work, anddeep dedication to character development, the three-time Academy Award-winning director is a name that many of Hollywood’s finest stars hope to work with.
The director’s next title that he’ll toss among his already sprawling repertoire of projects will see him re-team with Netflix following the success of 2022’sPinocchio. This time,he’ll bring one of literature’s most famous monsters to life inFrankenstein.Buzz for the movieis really beginning to pick up, partly thanks to the approaching release of theMia Goth-led slasher flick,MaXXXine. Goth is just one of the A-list names dotting the call sheet for del Toro’sFrankenstein, and, during hersecond appearanceonCollider Ladies NightwithPerri Nemiroff, theScream Queenopened up about the absolute blast she had filmingFrankensteinand gushed about how del Toro runs his projects.
The Set Of ‘Frankenstein’ Made Mia Goth Feel Confident and Comfortable
Goth’s reflection of her time onFrankensteinis positively heartwarming, as the actress had nothing but terrific things to say about del Toro’s presence — not that we would expect anything different from the man with the thick-rimmed glasses whose films tap into thedeepest sides of the human experienceand has always made it a point to show his gratitude for his fanbase.
“I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a director be quite so at home and confident and calm on a set, and there’s something really very reassuring about that as the actor on the other side of the camera.Someone who is just so totally at ease on his set, and these arehugesets, nothing that I’ve ever experienced before, and it’s just likehe’s working from his living room.He’s worked with the same people for 20, 30 years, and even on such a scale like this,there’s still a very familial quality to it all. As you might be going through your own thing on set, you’re able to kind of just look over to him and it centers you. It’s just been one of the greatest experiences I’ve ever had.”
As of right now, del Toro’sFrankensteinhasn’t set a release date, but you can catch Goth forher final turn as Maxine MinxinMaXXXinewhen it slices and dices its way into cinemas on July 5. Check out the full interview with Nemiroff below:
In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally secures her big break. As she navigates her path to stardom, a mysterious killer begins targeting Hollywood starlets, leaving a trail of blood that threatens to expose her sinister past.
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