"Though Guillermo del Toro's 1997 American studio debut Mimic was a notoriously unpleasant experience, the silver lining of that giant cockroach creature feature was the filmmaker crossing paths with Danish cinematographer Dan Laustsen. It took 18 years for them to work together again, but they've made up for lost time since by teaming on Crimson Peak, The Shape of Water and Nightmare Alley-the latter two brining Laustsen Oscar nominations."
"He asked me a couple of times to do something with him after Mimic, but the schedule was always off. I was in Europe, he was in the United States-it just never worked out, then we didn't talk for a while. Then one day he sent me an email. I was doing a movie in Prague at the time, we had a two-week hiatus and Guillermo was in Toronto."
Guillermo del Toro met cinematographer Dan Laustsen on Mimic (1997) despite a difficult production, and the collaboration resurfaced after an 18-year gap. They collaborated on Crimson Peak, The Shape of Water, and Nightmare Alley, with the latter two earning Laustsen Oscar nominations. The most recent project fulfills del Toro's long-held ambition to create a version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, casting Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as the Creature. Frankenstein is now streaming on Netflix. Laustsen described reconnecting when del Toro invited him to meet in Toronto during a hiatus from a Prague shoot, and Laustsen said he fell in love with Shelley's novel.
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