Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi: 10 actors transformed into monsters

Frankenstein by Guillermo del Toro He is ready to make the lagoon tremble. The fantasy master adapts Mary Shelley’s masterpiece in a Gothic key, the bold Victorian writer born two hundred and twenty -eight years ago. Presented in a world premiere competition at the Venice Film Festivalthe horror will last 2 hours and 29 minutes, just sixty seconds less than The illusions fair – Nightmare Alley (2021), the last film of the Mexican filmker. Frankenstein It was classified in the United States for “strong bloody violence and macabre images”, confirming that Del Toro has no intention of mitigating the crudeness of the original material. The streaming output is scheduled for the Next November on Netflix.

After his personal reinterpretation of the classic Universal Creatures from the Black Lagoon with The shape of the waterthe Oscar-winning director returns to Monster-Movie Melò, realizing what the film of his life calls. Not surprisingly, in his home of Thousand Oaks, California, Del Toro has reserved an entire space for the myth of Frankensteincomplete with a natural -size statue of Boris Karloff. There is today’s bolts and scars of the most iconic creature of Hollywood today Jacob Elordi. Del Toro and his trusted Mike Hill make-up artist had only nine weeks to transform the Rubacuori di SALTBURN In the legendary monster, after Andrew Garfield abandoned the role due to programming conflicts. Not only the sex symbol of The Kissing Bothhere are 10 beautiful “monstrified” actors for script needs: from Demi Moore who is made abominable in the name of the Star System in The Substance up to Josh Hartnett with teeth and sharpened claws in the series Penny Dreadful.

Jacob Elordi in Frankenstein (2025)

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Jacob Elordi Frankenstein

The playboy of SALTBURN and of Euphoria It is unrecognizable in the role of the grotesque monster. Guillermo del Toro and his make-up artist Mike Hill had only nine weeks to transform him into the iconic zombie, born from the nightmares of Mary Shelley. Elordi knows well that, accepting this role, walks in the kingdom of shadows on the shoulders of real titans such as Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Robert De Niro and Benedict Cumberbatch.

Bill Skarsgård in IT (2017)

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Jacob Elordi Frankenstein

New generation horror icon, the Swedish actor terrified the audience in the cherry nose of the demonic clown in the cinematographic adaptation of the Stephen King classic. Curiously, Skarsgård confessed that he had even frightened himself when we saw the mirror for the first time with the disturbing Pennywise makeup. But real acting goes beyond make-up. Director Andy Muschietti explained that he chose Bill because he is able to rotate his eyes in opposite directions, as well as sending them slightly out of orbits.

Demi Moore in The Substance (2024)

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Jacob Elordi Frankenstein

In Coralie Fargeat’s acclaimed Body Horror, the actress Sex Symbol shows off the maxi yellow coat Elisabeth Sparkle, a decline cinema stars that relies on an illegal serum to find youth … with monstrous consequences. In the climax of the film, it becomes old and deformed: applying prostheses on the splendid 61 -year -old diva required six and a half hours of work.

Margaret Qualley in The Substance (2024)

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Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi 10 actors transformed into monsters

The “younger, more beautiful, more perfect” version of Elisabeth Sparkle. The creation of the monster Elisasue-the grotesque hybrid creature that dominates the climax of the film-has requested almost a month of work from the Oscar-winning affectionist Pierre-Olyvier Upper. To give life to that nightmare, Qualley had to face about seven hours of makeup every time, necessary to wear the disgusting monster suit.

Josh Hartnett in Penny Dreadful (2014-2016)

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Jacob Elordi Frankenstein

In the Victorian horror series, the Rubacuori di Black Dahlia and of Pearl Harbor Sfdera teeth and sharp claws of werewolf. He plays Ethan Chandler, an American chosen shooter fleeing the dark past.

Heath Ledger ne The dark knight (2007)

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Jacob Elordi Frankenstein

The fascinating actor, who died prematurely in 2008, received a posthumous Oscar for his chilling and hypnotic reincarnation of the Joker, in the second chapter of Christopher Nolan’s batman trilogy. His version of the famous villain, with a scruffy and disturbing look, clearly distinguished himself from that of his illustrious predecessors. “What would happen if this guy, this psychopath, slept rigged? If you never change your dress?»He told Ign The make-up artist John Caglione Jr. Just these details, combined with the extraordinary intensity of the performance of the late Ledger, have helped to make it iconic.

Colin Farrell in The Batman (2022) e The Penguin (2024)

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Jacob Elordi Frankenstein

We stay in the DC Comics area. The Penguin, historical antagonist of the bat man, was brought to the screen by the actor Sex Symbol thanks to an imposing makeup and prostheses work. The transformation required on average three or four hours, with a first six-hour test and the involvement of a dozen professionals including make-up artists, hairdressers and prostheses technicians. The result is one of the most surprising metamorphoses of recent cinema, to the point of making the star almost unrecognizable, which has also successfully hidden its Irish accent.

Idris Elba in Star Trek Beyond (2016)

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Jacob Elordi Frankenstein

“The sexiest man in the world” for 2018 according to People, Elba showed himself in Krall’s scales thanks to the work of the make-up artist Joel Harlow. The character, conceived as a human-alien hybrid with aquatic and reptile traits, was made even more realistic by the use of optical fibers and light effects that showed its transformation during the film.

Lupita Nyong’o in Star Wars: The awakening of the force (2015)

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Jacob Elordi Frankenstein

Remaining in the universe of galactic sagas, in Episode VII The voice of Lupita Nyong’o could be recognized before even finding that behind the strange alien creature on the screen there was just her. The beautiful actress gave birth to her character through Motion Capture, a technique that she defined liberating and which allowed her to overcome the physical limits, offering a totally unrecognizable transformation.

Ralph Fiennes in the saga of Harry Potter

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Jacob Elordi Frankenstein

Ralph Fiennes made millions of women dream of incarnating The English patient and the fascinating senator Marshall in A 5 -star love But perhaps his most iconic role is also the one in which he is less recognizable: Voldemort in the saga created by JK Rowling. The actor played the evil dark magician from 2005 to 2011. Thanks to special makeup, visual effects and prostheses, his face was transformed in just two hours, creating one of the most disturbing looks in recent cinema.

Source: Vanity Fair

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