racter was supposed to
played by Benedict Cum-
berbatch, but he refused).
Guillermo said himself that
he needed people who co-
uld act a perverse but also
a human side of people. It
is a beautiful movie that
hides a lot of shocking and
brutal scenes.
A lot of people fear (as
well as me) that this movie
will be another gothic ro-
mance with a scary story.
Aren‘ t all those movies
the same? A scared wo-
man meets a mysterious
man, who brings her to his
mysterious old manor and
she finds out that he has a
secret...and so on and on.
On the other hand, I like
Del Toro‘s attitude. In one
of his interviews he said:
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