Netflix viewers have been left confused and impressed after discovering that Mia Goth secretly plays two characters in Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein. The gothic remake, starring Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as the creature, dropped on Netflix on 8 November.
Fans were shocked to learn that Goth appears as Baroness Claire, Frankenstein's mother, in flashbacks, and later as Lady Elizabeth Harlander, the fiancée of Victor's brother William. One TikTok user commented, 'I recognised Mia immediately and then gaslit myself into believing it was a different actor playing Victor's mum.'
This is not the first time Goth has played a double role; she also portrayed both Maxine Minx and the older Pearl in Ti West's X (2022). Netflix revealed that when Goth first joined Frankenstein, she believed she would only play Elizabeth, but after telling del Toro she had recently become a mother, he decided to merge the roles.
'In that moment, I saw Guillermo's eyes light up,' Goth said. 'He said he hadn't completely figured out who Elizabeth would be. I wonder if he started to put Elizabeth and Claire together for the first time.' The characters are distinguished by colour: Claire wears deep reds, while Elizabeth's wardrobe leans into greens.
