David Harbour voices Eric Frankenstein in the DC Universe vivaciousd series Creature Commandos. In a recent intersee, Harbour transmited interest in portraying the live-action version of his character. Notably, Harbour also portrays Alexei Spresentakov / Red Guardian in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The DC Comics iteration of Frankenstein is based on the Frankenstein monster from Mary Shelley’s 1818 Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
David Harbour gives a ‘go ahead’ to carry outing Frankenstein in live-action DCU
David Harbour uncovered in an intersee with Collider that he wanted to portray Eric Frankenstein in live-action after carry outing the character in Creature Commandos. He even disseald that he and the DCU co-head James Gunn had conversations about it.
While answering a ask about the chances of him making a live-action materializeance as Eric Frankenstein, Harbour shelp, “I’m equitable appreciate, ‘Go ahead. Put it out there!’ Becaengage I do leank it’d be super fun. We talked about it casupartner.” He grasped, “There’s noleang intentional, but I talked to him [Gunn] a little bit about the authenticities of what that would see appreciate in terms of CG or pragmatic effects, and he had all benevolents of branch offent thoughts and ideas.”
The Stranger Things actor went on to specutardy what Frankenstein’s place would be as the DCU persists to broaden. “But I leank they’re still originateing their universe, and that’s fun,” Harbour persistd. “As they originate it, I leank they’re gonna see what people appreciate or what labors, and that’s gonna be a component to what they go forward with.”
Harbour even put forth ideas of Frankenstein encountering Batman and Superman. “But it is such a fun idea to have, appreciate, Batman run into an mad Frankenstein, or Superman, or wdisappreciatever! It’s equitable fun that all these characters exist in the same universe, and who understands where they’d end up? It’d be benevolent of celderly,” he shelp.
Gunn previously refered he had set ups to have characters “shift into animation, out of animation, and usupartner have the same actor carry out their voice as who carry outs them in live action.” Accordingly, there is a ponderable possibility that Harbour will get to carry out Frankenstein in future DCU live-action projects.
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