Overview
From Boris Karloff to Mel Brooks - Frankenstein has fired the imagination of generations of artists who have created their own interpretation of this Gothic masterpiece. Frankenstein: A Modern Myth looks at some of these depictions, including Danny Boyle's sell-out hit at the National Theatre. The film has exclusive access to rehearsals and interviews with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller - who alternate the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature - and with Danny Boyle. It also features cult film director John Waters: "I'm sympathetic to monsters, and this was the first one I came across as a child".
Cast
- David Bradley as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Daniel Ings as Readings (voice)
- Sarah Mowat as Readings (voice)
- Danny Boyle as Self
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
- John Waters as Self - Director
- Jonny Lee Miller as Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
- Gwen Adshead as Self - Chief Forensic Psychotherapist, Broadmoor Hospital (as Dr. Gwen Adshead)
- Philip Ball as Self - Historian of Science
- Nick Dear as Self - Playwright