You're listening to Imaginary Worlds, a show about how we create them and why we suspend our disbelief.

I'm Eric Moulinski.

Victor Frankenstein.

Frankenstein, directed by Giramal Del Toro, has been out in theaters for a few weeks,

and it's coming to Netflix on November 7th.

My creator.

The movie is a passion project for Del Toro. He has been obsessed with Frankenstein since he was a kid.

I've discussed Garamol da Toro many times before. I talked about his film Crimson Peak in my episode on

the modern Gothic. I interviewed Steve Wang, who did creature makeup design for Hellboy. I also

interviewed the actor Doug Jones, who played creature characters in Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth,

and in the shape of water.

Today's episode is an interview with Tamara Deverell.

She is the production designer on the new Frankenstein film.

And the production design is so compelling.

I actually felt like it was the third main character in the film after Victor Frankenstein, played by Oscar Isaac, and The Creature, played by Jacob Allorty.

They filmed a lot of the movie in Scotland, which was an important place in Mary Shelley's life.

She partially grew up there, and she wrote, that's where, quote, the airy flights of my imagination were born and fostered I don't think I need to give a spoiler warning for my conversation with Tamara because the

movie follows the familiar beats of many other Frankenstein adaptations that have been faithful to

Mary Shelley's novel.

Victor is a mad genius. He is a love interest named Elizabeth. He creates the creature from

dead body parts. The creature is shunned by society. And there's a final showdown between them

in the Arctic. This is Tamara's fifth time working on a Guillermo del Toro project.

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