“They are both about a child that is thrown into the world,” del Toro toldVanity Fair.
I think that was, for me, childhood.
You had to figure it out with your very limited experience."
Guillermo del Toro poses with a ‘Pinocchio’ puppet for his stop-motion animated Netflix movie.mandraketheblack.de/NETFLIX
These ideas have been bouncing around del Toro’s mind for a decade.
Back in 2012, the director made the connection betweenPinocchioandFrankensteinduringan interview with EW.
It deals with ideas that are relevant to everyone, to all mankind in a way."
“These are times that demand from kids a complexity that is tremendous,” he said.
“Far more daunting, I think, than when I was a child.
Kids need answers and reassurances…. For me, this is for both children and adults thattalkto each other.
It tackles very deep ideas about what makes us human.”
According to the performer, del Toro told her, “You are not this mysterious woman.
You are a really cheeky, naughty 12-year-old boy.”
“And so he said, ‘Why don’t you play the monkey?'”
Blanchett added in aJanuary interview on SiriusXM’sThe Jess Cagle Show.
I don’t have any words.
I just make monkey noises for two hours…
So, yeah, that was fun."
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