Guillermo del Toro Speaks Out: Jekyll & Hyde Addiction Revealed
Posted by dominie in Films, News on October 23rd, 2008
Guillermo del Toro is a busy body, producing and directing many (and some of the biggest) projects to come—including The Strain and The Hobbit to say the least. Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde however, managed to make an impression on the director’s list of priority to-do’s.
In an interview with MTV, del Toro reveals he is steadfast on adapting a new Jekyll & Hyde movie post The Hobbit films. His adaptation will remain faithful to Stevenson’s original story, while approaching the film from the counter-perspective of the monster.
“If you tell the story fully, you can not only see it as a story of repression, of the build-up of repression until it manifests itself like a monster. I think that Hyde—yes, he’s a creature of subterranean desire and all that—but it’s more than that. He’s an addiction,” explains del Toro. In this film, “Dr. Jekyll isn’t the wimpy push-over he’s so often portrayed as, but a charismatic doctor, forceful and proud—who covers up a shameful and secret life of cruelty.” (more…)
