Hiddleston discusses the many layers of his role, while Chastain talks about how her character takes charge over her brother, and Wasikowsa and Del Toro both explain how they sought to breathe new life into a genre that has been played out in everything from classic gothic romances like Dragonwyck or Wuthering Heights to B pictures like Nightmare Castle or The Pit and the Pendulum. I hope I can go back to doing the smaller, weirder ones.
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Titled Silva, the passion project centers on a masked Mexican wrestler who discovers that all politicians are blood-sucking vampires.
After having the first iteration of The Hobbit and the adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness fall through his fingers, director Guillermo del Toro focused his time on the big sci-fi action adventure Pacific Rim and then moved back into horror territory for the forthcoming Crimson Peak (in theaters later this week).
Del Toro is no stranger to vampire genre narratives: he directed Blade II and Cronos, and executive produces the FX series The Strain, based on books he co-wrote with Chuck Hogan.
“What I can tell you quite safely is, I don’t intend to keep on doing big, giant Hollywood movies for much longer”, the “Crimson Peak” filmmaker tells The Guardian.
Silva definitely sounds right in his wheelhouse, and it would give del Toro a nice respite from the studio system, which has caused him a few headaches over the years. It’s a film he’s been trying to get off the ground for years, but he hasn’t confirmed whether it will be his next movie.
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“Crimson Peak” is released in cinemas starting October 14. “I mean, it’s big for a drama, but it’s a much smaller undertaking than “Pacific Rim” or ‘Hellboy, ‘” he said, noting he’s been approached to direct “gigantic” superhero franchises. For those who don’t know, Del Toro’s father was kidnapped by bandits and held for ransom for 72 days in 1998, and the director feels that it’s not safe for him and his family to live in his native country anymore. “I thought, wouldn’t it be great to make one of these movies where it doesn’t end up with Fabio carrying the girl outside of the house to a cliff?” shared the director.
