“I was having lunch and James Whale (Frankenstein director) sent either the first assistant or
“I was having lunch and James Whale (Frankenstein director) sent either the first assistant or maybe it was his secretary over to me, and asked me to join him for a cup of coffee after lunch, which I did. He asked me if I would make a test for him tomorrow. ‘What for?’ I asked. ‘For a damned awful monster!’ he said. Of course, I was delighted, because it meant another job, if I was able to land it. Actually that’s all it meant to me. At the same time I felt rather hurt, because at the time I had on very good straight makeup and my best suit - and he wanted to test me for a monster!” — Boris Karloff, on being offered the role of Frankenstein’s monster -- source link
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