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The first time Jacob Elordi appears on the icy landscape as a looming figure clad in black in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein , it’s clear the Australian actor was born to play this role. But it almost didn’t happen. Nine weeks before production began, Andrew Garfield—who was attached to play the creature opposite Oscar Isaac’s Victor Frankenstein—had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict. Enter Elordi, who transforms into the tragic creation and makes the part his own.

“I know that there’s a lot of press saying how good [Elordi] was physically for the part, [standing at] 6’5”. Yes, he was a fabulous canvas for me to play with

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