Jacob Elordi couldn’t hold back the waterworks as his newest project, Frankenstein, earned a 13-minute standing ovation in Venice, making it the longest of the 2025 festival thus far.

Directed by Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, who is renowned for his blends of gothic fiction and horror, the upcoming sci-fi flick also stars Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein, while Saltburn’s Elordi plays the Creature.

Early reviews have the film as one to watch when it hits cinemas for a limited run in October, and if the reaction in the theatre at Venice today is anything to go by, there’ll be plenty more flocking to stream it on Netflix come November.

Footage captured and shared by Variety shows Elordi unmistakably emotional while soaking up the rapturous applause from the audience this weekend

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