Nuts & Bolts

'I am alone and miserable. Only someone as ugly as I am could love me.'

Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

I have yet to see the original Frankenstein, but after stumbling upon the image below of actor  Boris Karloff posing for sculptor Ivan Simpson, the monster...got into my brain.  It's interesting that although one of the themes of Frankenstein is ugliness and prejudice. Nearly every human character  assumes that the monster must be dangerous based only on its outward appearance.

Yet, so many of the monsters on screen, and the Dr. Frankenstein's that create them, are by standards, pretty hot.  Frankenstein's beauty may be hidden behind the nuts, bolts and scars, but some traits, cannot be masked.

Kenneth Branagh as Victor Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

Aaron Eckhart in I, Frankenstein (2014)

Penny Dreadful (2014-2015)

Harry Treadaway played Dr. Victor Frankenstein on Penny Dreadful, but Rory Kinnear (above) wasn't the only monster he created. In order to 'get it right', Victor tried and tried again, including bringing Proteus (Ale Price, below) back to life. didn't end well.

Alexander Gamnitzer

Alexander Gamnitzer on stage in FRANKENSTEIN, Neues theater (2017)

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein

Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch each played both roles, switching between The Creature and Victor Frankenstein in 2011's National Theatre Live: Frankenstein.