Jacob Elordi on Stepping Into Role of The Creature in Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein': "It Felt Right" | THR Video - video Dailymotion

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Jacob Elordi chats with THR at the premiere of 'Frankenstein' and talks about being on set as the Creature and how director Guillermo del Toro created such a safe space that felt "creatively, very liberating" for him. Plus, he dishes on finding the voice for his character and if he felt any pressure stepping into this role.

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00:00What was your approach to being the creature on set?

00:02Did you lean more method and keep to yourself or were you shaking it off in between scenes?

00:07I mean, there's a certain point once the prosthetics go on where they kind of demand that you are the creature

00:15and there's a level of focus that needs to come to the role.

00:18But at the same time, Guillermo created such a free set.

00:24I hate when people say this, but he really created like a safe space.

00:28So it was creatively very liberating to be on that set.

00:35It wasn't like this idea that everyone has a being method, which is tortured and suffering

00:40and everyone else suffers so you can get a performance.

00:42It was a little different to that.

00:44And how did you find the voice of the creature and transform your voice for this?

00:49Well, I mean, his voice goes through so many developmental stages as he kind of grows up

00:54and as the world and the environment affects him.

00:56And I worked with a great voice coach, Jerry Grenell, who's an amazing, he's not just a voice coach,

01:03he's a philosopher on performance and on life.

01:07And, you know, we did a lot of intricate work in poetry and in Tibetan throat singing

01:14and, you know, a lot of stuff like that.

01:16And it kind of just became what it was.

01:18It was like a patchwork.

01:19And given that this was a dream project for Guillermo, did you feel any sort of pressure

01:24stepping into this role?

01:25I didn't feel any pressure.

01:27No, I mean, it felt right.

Jacob Elordi on Stepping Into Role of The Creature in Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein': "It Felt Right" | THR Video

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