Scarlett Johansson and Angelina Jolie compete to be… “Frankenstein’s bride”
Both actresses are participating in two film projects about “the bride of Frankenstein”. Recently, Scarlett Johansson confirmed that she is participating in the movie project “Bride” and will play the female lead. In 2017, Angelina Jolie agreed to participate in another film project that also exploited the story of “the bride of Frankenstein” and Angelina also played the female lead.
Angelina’s project was launched 3 years ago, however recently, information about this project has been quite quiet.
The fact that two famous female stars in Hollywood are participating in two film projects with similar content at the same time is considered a race… “two horses” is very interesting. Scarlett Johansson, an actress who has been nominated twice at the Oscars, will participate in producing and acting in the movie “Bride”.
Scarlett Johansson and Angelina Jolie compete to be… “the bride of
Both film stories will revolve around the female protagonist Elizabeth Lavenza, the fiancee of scientist Victor Frankenstein, who created Frankenstein’s monster. Because he was so lonely, Frankenstein’s monster turned to hate humans and forced his creator to create another “bride” so that he could also have his own life partner.
In many films made about the Frankenstein monster based on the original novel by British female writer Mary Shelley (1797 – 1851), scientist Victor Frankenstein did not do it, leading to the revenge of Frankenstein’s monster to Victor Frankenstein’s fiancee, the monster who turned his bride Elizabeth Lavenza into… his “monster bride”.
In both films that Scarlett Johansson and Angelina Jolie made, the story will be explored from the perspective of the female protagonist Elizabeth Lavenza, the ill-fated fiancee of scientist Victor Frankenstein.
Scarlett Johansson’s film project is currently being promoted, she has found a director for this project – Chilean filmmaker Sebastian Lelio, in addition, the screenwriting team is also actively working on the script.
Scene from the movie “The Bride of Frankenstein” (Bride of Frankenstein – 1935)
Sharing about the film project “Bride”, Scarlett Johansson said: “It took a long journey for the character of the bride Elizabeth Lavenza to step out of the shadow of male characters and become a character. with its own story. The film crew is very excited to renew this classic story and turn the female character into the main character.”
In the story of Johansson’s movie “Bride”, the bride Elizabeth Lavenza was from the beginning a woman created to become the ideal wife according to the wishes of scientist Victor Frankenstein, but later, when there was a her own perception, she refused to become the wife of her creator and found her own personality and created her own life.
Currently, there is not much information surrounding the project about the bride of Frankenstein by Angelina Jolie’s team. This project has not even found a director yet.
Movie trailer “Bride of Frankenstein” (1935)
In cinema history, the character Elizabeth Lavenza is best remembered through the role of actress Elsa Lanchester, who acted alongside actor Boris Karloff in the 1935 film “The Bride of Frankenstein”. ” (Bride of Frankenstein).
By 1974, this bride character was renewed by the acting of Madeline Kahn, she acted alongside actor Peter Boyle in the humorous film – “Young Frankenstein”.
Twice Oscar-nominated actress Helena Bonham Carter also played the bride Elizabeth in 1994 in the movie “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein”. Other actresses who have played this unlucky bride include Mae Clarke, Valerie Hobson, Hazel Court, Lacey Turner, Patty Mullen, Katie Weston, and Naomie Harris.
