Although Jacob Elordi is taking on an iconic movie monster with his latest role, he’s apparently still serving face that could make any townsperson drop their pitchforks and torches.

In Frankenstein , which premieres Oct. 17 in select theaters and Nov. 7 on Netflix , writer/director Guillermo Del Toro explained that Elordi’s version of the Creature is “staggeringly beautiful, in an otherworldly way.”

The 3x Oscar winner told Entertainment Weekly that he didn’t want to give the audience “the feeling that you were seeing an accident victim that has been patched [together]” haphazardly, noting that the experiment is Dr. Frankenstein’s pride and joy.

“Victor is as much an artist as he is a surgeon, and if he’s been dreaming about this creature for all his life, he’s going to n

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