Moriarty (ok, Andrew Scott) added to cast of 'Frankenstein'
How do you pass the time between when the broadcast of Sherlock 3 is in our rearview mirror and preliminary production filming begins on Sherlock 4? If you’re Sherlock director, Paul McGuigan, you take on the newest adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, obviously. McGuigan directed four episodes during the first two series of the runaway BBC/PBS hit series starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.
The most recent adaptation of the Mary Shelley classic was the 2011 National Theatre presentation that starred future dueling Sherlocks, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, who alternated roles of Victor Frankenstein and The Creature during the stage run. For the forthcoming adaptation, which began principal filming this past week in the UK, James McAvoy (State of Play, Atonement, Shameless and X-Men: First Class) will portray Victor Von Frankenstein while Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe, in what is being reported as taking a ‘new twist’ on the classic story, will tell the story through the eyes of his shuffling helper, Igor.
Just added to the cast, although no word yet on what role he’ll play, is the brilliant Andrew Scott, whom many of us were introduced to with his stellar portrayal of Sherlock Holmes’ nemesis, Moriarty in the BBC/PBS Sherlock ‘masterpiece’. While we’ll have to wait a bit to see what’s in store for Scott in Frankenstein, here’s hoping that come January, we’ll see a bit more of Scott as he is rumored to be featured in the resolution to ‘The Reichenbach Fall’ mystery when Sherlock returns.
While the jury is still out on this one and it’s way too early to even begin to formulate any thoughts on the production, you certainly can’t argue with the cast and crew assembled in front of and behind the camera.
