20th Century Fox’sFrankenstein grows more and more intriguing as the storm rises. Already set with a remarkable cast that includes James McAvoy as Dr. Victor Frankenstein and Daniel Radcliffe as Igor, the film now adds Jessica Brown Findlay of Downton Abbey as the female lead of the project.
Findlay has already achieved prominence with fans of other period piece fare as the ill-fated Lady Sybil Crawley on Downton Abbey from which she made a tearful exist this year. And given the fate of Elizabeth Frankenstein, the character in Mary Shelly’s original 1818 novel upon which this Frankenstein film is based, that may be par for the course. Then again, anyone who has read the book knows that there is no Igor to be found from top to bottom (thank 1939’s Son of Frankenstein for that).
With Paul McGuigan set to direct, the film appears to reimagine the story as a bit of a buddy-comedy. The Hollywood Reporter reports that actor Radcliffe described the film as “about two young, brilliant guys pushing each other. Eventually one loses his morality and the other has to bring him back.”
Frankenstein will live on the big screen in October 2014.