History Trivia / MaryShelleysFrankenstein

* DoingItForTheArt: Branagh and De Niro thought that the Creature should have mismatched legs and spent hours trying out different types of footwear to get the proper limp. Also, the Creature's birth scene required a full body prothesis and De Niro had to come in at two in the morning and stay absolutely still as a team of makeup artists meticulously stitched him into the suit.

* CreatorBacklash: Frank Darabont has said in interviews that he was displeased with the finished film, feeling that Kenneth Branagh had mishandled the project.

* RomanceOnTheSet: This is where Kenneth Branagh and Helena Bonham Carter fell in love (despite Branagh [[YourCheatingHeart already being married at the time]]).

* RomanceOnTheSet: This is where Kenneth Branagh and Helena Bonham Carter fell in love.

** Branagh was keen to cast Creator/GerardDepardieu as the Creature but Columbia felt that he would not have strong enough box office appeal. Creator/JeremyIrons and Creator/JohnMalkovich was also considered.

** Branagh was keen to cast Creator/GerardDepardieu as the Creature but Columbia felt that he would not have strong enough box office appeal. Creator/JohnMalkovich was also considered.

** Branagh was keen to cast Creator/GerardDepardieu as the Creature but Columbia felt that he would not have strong enough box office appeal.

** Other scenes were shot confirming that Henry is left alive at the end of the film, but they were cut. Henry's fate is left ambiguous, last seen as Victor flees his burning house.

** Branagh was keen to cast Creator/GérardDepardieu as the Creature but Columbia felt that he would not have strong enough box office appeal.

* AllStarCast: Branagh plays the good doctor. [[Film/{{Amadeus}} Tom Hulce]] is his best friend. Then-girlfriend Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter is his adoptive sister/fiancee (yes, you read that right). Ian Holm is his father. Aidan Quinn is the ship's captain. Creator/JohnCleese is his mentor. And most shocking of all, '''Creator/RobertDeNiro''' is The Creature.

* FollowTheLeader: After the success of ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', this was clearly intended as a SpiritualSuccessor. Francis Ford Coppola was originally going to direct too.

* ProductionPosse: In addition to Patrick Doyle as the composer, Branagh regulars play Ian Holmes, Helena Bonham Carter, and Richard Briers plays the parts of Baron Frankenstein, Elizabeth, and the Old Blind Man respectively.

** Francis Ford Coppola originally intended to direct this film as a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Film/BramStokersDracula''. He stepped back and allowed Kenneth Branagh to direct instead. They disagreed on numerous things during production, Coppola feeling that the entire first hour of the film should be cut. He later denounced the whole thing.
** Creator/FredSaberhagen, who wrote the novelization for ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', allegedly tried to get the novelization job for this film as well just so it could say "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: from the author of Bram Stoker's Dracula" on the cover.
** Kate Winslet lobbied very hard for the role of Elizabeth. Although it went to Helena Bonham Carter, Kenneth Branagh was impressed by her and cast her as Ophelia in his version of ''Hamlet''. Emma Thompson was also the first choice for Elizabeth, but she had commitments to ''Carrington'' at the time.

** Creator/JohnCleese plays Victor's mentor, a [[RetiredMonster reformed mad scientist]].

* StarDerailingRole: This movie put the brakes on Branagh's career as a mainstream actor and director. He didn't mind too much though, as he preferred theater and indie projects that brought him critical acclaim. It did, however, make it hard for him to put together funding for his ''Hamlet'' passion project. It wasn't until the 2010's and his helming of ''Film/{{Thor}}'' that he began being offered blockbuster projects again.

** Francis Ford Coppola originally intended to direct this film as a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Film/BramStokersDracula''. When Branagh was given the director's chair instead, Coppola publicly bashed the film.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Francis Ford Coppola originally intended to direct this film as a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Film/BramStokersDracula''. When Branagh was given the director's chair instead, Coppola publicly bashed the film.

* StarDerailingRole: This movie put the brakes on Branagh's career as a mainstream actor and director. He didn't mind too much though, as he preferred theater and indie projects that brought him critical acclaim. It did, however, make it hard for him to put together funding for his ''Hamlet'' passion project.

* CreatorKiller: Until ''Film/{{Thor}}'' this was the first and only Hollywood blockbuster that Branagh directed, due to how big a flop it was.

* CreatorKiller: Until ''Film/Thor'' this was the first and only Hollywood blockbuster that Branagh directed, due to how big a flop it was.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Francis Ford Coppola originally intended to direct this film as a SpiritualSuccessor to ''{{Dracula}}''. When Branagh was given the director's chair instead, Coppola publicly bashed the film.