Guillermo del Toro met his spiritual Norwegian brother, Roar Uthaug , for a meaty conversation hosted by Netflix about the inspiration behind the creatures of “Frankenstein ” and “Troll.” In the video, the two filmmakers share stories and discuss how they came up with the famous creatures driving their respective epic work.

“ Frankenstein ,” a wild reimagining of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel which world premiered at Venice to a long standing ovation, launched on Netflix Nov. 7. The film stars Oscar Isaac as Victor, a crazed scientist who sets out to conquer death and brings to life a Creature, played by Jacob Elordi, who joined the movie a few weeks before the start of production.

In his chat with Uthaug, del Toro talked about the race against the clock to get the elaborate design

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