A common misconception among people is that the "monster" brought to life in Mary Shelly's "Frankeinstein" is called Frankenstein, when in fact Frankenstein refers to the young Doctor/Scientist who created the monster. Said monster is known as "Frankenstein's Monster" in the original novel the monster is identified and referred to with words such as 'creature', 'monster', 'demon', and 'it'.
You can probably provide that as a trivia the next time someone calls the 'monster' Frankenstein.
Which brings us to Director Paul McGuigan's Victor Frankenstein, a re-telling of the classic tale with the familiar and handsome faces of James Mc Avoy (X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past) and Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe as a cuter version of Igor.
Andrew Scott from TV's 'Sherlock' puts on the Detective hat (for a change) and plays Roderick Turpin who is in hot pursuit of the young scientist and his assistant.
Told from the perspective of Igor (which is a first actually), Victor Frankenstein mixes action and suspense to the original horror genre of the classic story with a stronger and faster monster, one that crawls on walls and chases you.
There has been a number of re-imaginings of the classic Mary Shelly story but what sets Victor Frankenstein apart is that it focuses on the relationship between Igor and Frankenstein. The character of Igor, who we all know as being the hunchbacked, disfigured assistant of Dr. Frankenstein was not in the original story but was only introduced in James Whale's "Frankenstein" in 1931.
A different kind of moniker mix-up accompanies Victor himself. Many people attribute the name to the monster, instead of the creator-the good doctor- "So we give the name 'Frankenstein' back to the scientist -to Victor Frankenstein," says McGuigan.
McAvoy relates that "Whenever somebody asked me what I was doing at the moment (during production of Victor Frankenstein), I would say, I'm playing Frankenstein, and they'd reply, 'You're a little short to be playing the monster.' And I'd correct them and say, 'No, no, it's the doctor.' So yeah, we're giving the name back to Dr. Vic."
"Victor Frankenstein" opens November 25 in cinemas nationwide from 20th Century Fox and is distributed by Warner Bros.
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