Andrew Garfield felt “disappointed” after not getting the lead role on Frankenstein.
In an interview, the Spider-Man actor admitted he had a few regrets about missing out on playing Frankenstein’s monster, a role which would have been one of the biggest of his career.
“I was just with Jacob Elordi in Marrakesh who ended up playing the character of the creature,” Garfield told Deadline, “so I was hearing about how amazing and satisfying that was for him. So I’m very glad that it was him doing it. And of course, disappointed that I didn’t get to do it, because I love Guillermo, and I love Oscar and everyone that he assembled. So I was disappointed.”
Andrew Garfield speaks on stage during the Andrew Garfield Souk Talents – Snapshot On Actors 2 at the Red Sea International Film Festival 2024 on December 09, 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Photo by Darren Arthur/Getty Images for The Red Sea International Film Festival
Despite Garfield’s disappointment, however, the actor says he’s happy Elordi got the part, mentioning that it came at the right time for the Saltburn actor in his career.
“Meeting Jacob Elordi felt serendipitous,” Garfield continued, “so that I could really see and hear that he maybe needed that experience more than me. So that was cool to feel that he had a really kind of spectacular time on that job.”
Directed and written by Guillermo Del Toro, Frankenstein is a gothic sci-fi horror film based on Mary Shelley’s classic 1818 novel. It stars stars Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankensein, and Jacob Elordi as Frankenstin’s monster, alongside Mia Goth, Lars Mikkelsen, David Bradley, Christian Convery, Charles Dance, Felix Kammerer, and Christoph Waltz.
Frankenstein releases in cinemas in 2025.
