With Universal Pictures' The Wolfman on its way to theaters next year (now in November, yikes!), one question that we've all been debating is whether or not other monsters would cameo in the Joe Johnston directed remake. In a new interview with star Benicio Del Toro, all is cleared up, while he also speaks a bit about his inspirations for the film, which is set in Victorian England where Del Toro will play a man who returns from America to his ancestral homeland, gets bitten by a werewolf and begins a hairy moonlight existence.
MTV caught up with Benicio Del Toro, who chatted about his research for Universal's remake of THE WOLFMAN.
“[When I did my research], I definitely looked at what Lon Chaney Jr. did in the original ‘Wolf Man’ and the movie,” Del Toro told MTV News. “I also looked at the ‘Werewolf of London,’ the Henry Hull movie, which was made maybe 6 years before in 1935, and looked ‘Curse of the Werewolf’ with Oliver Reed.”
Del Toro reveals that while he looked to the past for inspiration, there are still some subtle changes.
“Anthony Hopkins’ role was [originally] played by Claude Rains and the relationship between Rains and Lon Chaney Jr was a good father and son [relationship]. In [our version], its definitely fractured, I’m like the prodigal son, I’ve been gone, he sent me away when I was a child and I haven’t seen him in twenty six years and I can home again to visit my brother who’s missing, but I [also play an] actor too which is also different.”
Don’t expect other monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein or the Mummy to walk into the frame either -- but could that happen in a sequel?
“You mean, the guy named Dracula waiting in the taxi outside?,” Del Toro cracked? “No, there’s no other monsters coming into play, that’s maybe down the line.”
I'm not sure if a cameo is exactly what he meant, but more like subtle references to the other creatures that would end up in a "House Of Frankenstein" type thing.
This is going to be good. It sucks that the studio is moving the release til the end of '09. I hope they look at more of the Universal horror flicks to remake. I'm super hyped for The Creature From the Black Lagoon".
Well, this could be good. But I think they need to step up on their Creature From the Black Lagoon Remake too. I mean, the gill-man is long overdue for his remake.
Love the original but can't believe this has been put back almost a year. Why cant studios just make the damn films then release them ?? Oh that's right ,more money how stoopid of me!
i deffinitley want to see this, it looks really awesome, theyve been making this for awhile, ever sense i heard about it, way back, i totalley want to see this, the new wolfman look, looks fukking awesome,
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