Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro made a personal visit to the Wallace Monument before it was cast in a key role in his upcoming Frankenstein movie.
The monument to William Wallace, which opened in 1869, influenced the design for the building which would become Victor Frankenstein's laboratory in the Netflix film, which is released on Friday.
Del Toro’s adaption of Mary Shelly’s famous novel features several Scottish locations, with filming taking place on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Glasgow Cathedral and in Aberdeenshire. Much of the filming took place in late 2024.
The director visited the Wallace Monument in 2023 as he scouted locations with his production team, including production designer Tamara Deverell.
Ms Deverell said: "The Wallace Monument was a very strong design influence for the look of our abandoned water tower, which transforms into Victor Frankenstein's cliffside laboratory.
"Guillermo, our concept artist Guy Davis and I visited the monument on our first location scout in Scotland in April 2023.
"We used the overall silhouette, the textures of the stone, the arched architecture, and, particularly, the turreted top in the design of our Frankenstein tower.
"Like so much of Scotland, our first view of the Wallace Monument rising on a high point in the mist over the countryside was both breathtaking and extraordinarily inspirational."
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Source: Press Association
