And while Jacob is the latest in a long line of stars to play Frankenstein’s monster, joining the likes of Boris Karloff, Robert De Niro and Benedict Cumberbatch, the Euphoria star originally wasn’t sure if he should revisit those performances for inspiration before filming began.
“At first I thought, ‘I’ll stay away from this. I want to do my own thing,'” he confessed. “And then I asked Guillermo, ‘Should I watch the other Frankensteins?’ And he goes, ‘What the f–k do you mean?’”
When Jacob shared that he didn’t want to be “influenced” by the other films, Guillermo was quick to assure him that his performance would be his own.
“He says, ‘My friend, it’s a movie, it can’t f–king hurt you,’” Jacob recalled. “I went home, and I just binged them.”
Frankenstein hits select theaters Oct. 17 before being available on Netflix beginning Nov. 7.
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