The director of Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro, recently discussed the impact of the film's last-minute recasting in an interview with Vanity Fair.

Guillermo del Toro told Vanity Fair in a new look at his upcoming “Frankenstein” movie that he only had nine weeks to turn Jacob Elordi into the film’s iconic monster after Andrew Garfield dropped out of the role due to scheduling conflicts.

Guillermo del Toro praises ‘perfect’ Jacob Elordi for replacing Andrew Garfield in Netflix’s Frankenstein - ‘We recast, and we had nine weeks – you can’t be under more pressure than that,’ said the di