Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro's Unconventional Directing Tactics Revealed

According to a recent report, acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro employed some unorthodox directing tactics while working with actor Oscar Isaac on his latest Frankenstein adaptation. Del Toro, who speaks Spanish fluently, would often use humorous metaphors in the language to describe how he wanted Isaac to play certain scenes.

For example, the director reportedly compared Isaac's character to "a mouse that's really excited about f---ing the lion for the first time." Isaac said he understood the unusual direction, noting, "I can play that. I'm really excited. I'm scared, but I'm excited."

In del Toro's version of the classic Gothic tale, the Frankenstein monster is not portrayed as a terrifying creature, but rather as "staggeringly beautiful, in an otherworldly way." The filmmaker wanted to avoid the typical depiction of the monster as an "accident victim that has been patched [together]." Instead, he envisioned the creature's skin as having "different colors" and "pale but almost translucent" hues, feeling "like a newborn soul."

Frankenstein is now playing in select theaters and will be available to stream on Netflix starting November 7th.