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If there's one form of technical advancement that Guillermo del Toro will not embrace, it's artificial intelligence, as the Frankenstein director opened up on his stance with the usage of AI in filmmaking. Speaking to NPR, del Toro spoke about being against AI, so much so that he would "rather die" than incorporate it into his films.
As the outlet reported, the director talked about how Victor Frankenstein's character is somewhat similar to techbros in real life as he said,
"My concern is not artificial intelligence, but natural stupidity. I think that's what drives most of the world's worst features. But I did want it to have the arrogance of Victor [Frankenstein] be similar in some ways to the tech bros. He's kind of blind, creating something without considering the consequences and I think we have to take a pause and consider where we're going. ..."
He then continued to express his strong stance against AI as he added,
“AI, particularly generative AI — I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I’m 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. … The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I’d rather die.'”
More details about Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein has been his passion project for the longest time, and with the project finally reaching fans, it has generated quite some praise from fans and audiences. He had dreamed of adapting Frankenstein since 2007, calling it the one project he would “kill to make.” Del Toro described his interpretation as “a Miltonian tragedy,” merging elements of Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein while exploring the loneliness and existential dread that define Shelley’s original text.
Over the years, he developed sketches, script notes, and creature concepts, citing Bernie Wrightson’s illustrations and the visceral performances of Christopher Lee and Boris Karloff as major inspirations. Despite earlier attempts at Universal Pictures and plans involving Doug Jones as the Creature, the project repeatedly stalled, derailed by the studio’s Dark Universe ambitions and shifting priorities. At one point even Andrew Garfield was attached to the project, only to part ways later on because of scheduling conflict.
With shifting castings, changed ideas and a lot more delays, the film finally reached fans this year in October, and opened to generally positive reviews, especially for Jacob Elordi's The Creature.
Frankenstein stars Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein, with Elordi as the Creature and Mia Goth as Elizabeth Lavenza. They are joined by Lars Mikkelsen, David Bradley, Lauren Collins, Charles Dance, and Christoph Waltz.
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Frankenstein is available to stream on Netflix.
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