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Speaking to Shock Till You Drop, del Toro admitted that the Hellboy star would be his ideal choice to play Victor Frankenstein's monster.
He said: "For the monster I would love to have Doug Jones. I think he can do a fantastic job."
The director noted that the makeup and camera trickery he used on Hellboy actor Ron Perlman could be replicated on Jones for Frankenstein.
"Ron looks seven feet tall in Hellboy, but he's not. I think we could do that with Doug, I would love to do it with him," he said.
Del Toro also revealed that his favourite interpretation of the monster was from comic artist Berni Wrightson, saying: "He's lanky and long and it's gorgeous in a tragic way. Doug has all of those qualities."
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