“Crimson Peak is a much, much, much smaller movie, completely character-driven,” said Del Toro in a one-on-one interview. “It’s an adult movie, an R-rated movie, pretty adult. Shockingly different from anything I’ve done in the English language. Normally, when I go to do a movie in America for the spectacle and younger audience, for Blade or whatever. This movie’s tone is scary and it’s the first time I get to do a movie more akin to what I do in the Spanish movies.”
“The thing I do in those movies is recontextualization, take a movie and then move it into a completely different place,” he added. “Like a Gothic and then move it into the Spanish Civil War [The Devil’s Backbone]. This is a Gothic romance, haunted house, in the north of England.”
And how is the house of Crimson Peak looking? “The house is looking great. We started scouting two months ago and are deep into the design and it looks fabulous. Obviously, I’m going to buy a lot of the props,” Del Toro laughed.
Tonally, Del Toro said Crimson Peak “has moments that are very visceral, physical violence. You’re in this sort of sedate romance and then there is this brutal moment where you’re like, “Whoa!” And it has a lot of kinky moments. The only kinky moment I’ve ever shot is the leg fuck in The Devil’s Backbone. [laughs] This has a little more kinkiness than that.”
Look for our full interview with Del Toro soon.
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