Guillermo del Toro

And I unfortunately couldn't, I believe, on time to...

to really change it and become a very dedicated father.

Yeah, well, it was the constant threat and the PTSD, etc.

But a lot of the moments that happened during that kidnapping are actually obliquely reflected in the film.

I tried to make it an autobiography of the soul for me.

No, no, no.

There are so many things that are in the novel.

That is one of them.

When the creature meets Victor in the frozen north, he says, well, this is what happened to me.

And he proceeds to tell him his itinerary.

of degradation and humanization and learning the language with the family of the hermit.

You know, all of that is in the novel, but it's been rarely articulated.

And I found that hinging the movie in the middle was structurally the best way to make the audience almost get a jolt and say, oh, I've never seen this before.

Even if it's been dramatized briefly in other versions, this is the one that tracks the creature in a distinct chapter.

It starts in the frozen north and is very discreet in color.

Then you have childhood and young age of Victor, which is...

And very heightened visually by the fact that Victor is telling the story.

And then the fairy tale.

In a little cabin.

And he's guided, the creature is guided by all sorts of animals into understanding the world.