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If you grew up watching Disney’s ‘The Suite Life of Zack and Cody’ or are a fan of the hit series ‘Riverdale,’ you may have found yourself asking “What is Cole Sprouse doing now?” Well, he has quite literally risen from the grave in his new leading role as the Creature in the upcoming film Lisa Frankenstein.
This dark twisted tale merges the genres of comedy and horror with a nostalgic cast and a remix of an infamous monster’s origin story.
The Focus Features film is described as, “A coming of RAGE love story from acclaimed writer Diablo Cody (Jennifer’s Body) about a misunderstood teenager and her high school crush, who happens to be a handsome corpse. After a set of playfully horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness… and a few missing body parts along the way.”
“Over time, I think the Creature realizes he’s deeply in love with Lisa,” Sprouse says. “He wants to be her protector, trying to make her feel heard and understood. Lisa is also a character that’s going through this incredible trauma. She’s trying to heal, and she’s also in this rite of passage of figuring out who she is.”
With freshly harvested body parts and a tanning bed highlighting the journey, Lisa Frankenstein also stars Kathryn Newton (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Supernatural) as Lisa Swallows, Carla Gugino (The Haunting of Hill House) as Janet Swallows, Liza Soberano (Make It with You) as Taffy Swallows, Joe Chrest (Stranger Things) as Dale Swallows and Henry Eikenberry (HBO’s Euphoria) as Michael Trent.
After speaking with debuting Director Zelda Williams, Newton looked at Lisa Frankenstein as an opportunity to challenge herself and sought out inspiration from several films and television series, including Whale’s Frankenstein movies, Burton’s ‘Edward Scissorhands‘ and ‘Death Becomes Her.’
“Gene Wilder was an incredible actor who was able to master that in-between of playing a character that’s so over-the-top, but still grounded and pulling the audience in,” Newton says. “What I took from Gene Wilder in ‘Young Frankenstein’ is you just can’t hold back. You’ve just got to try it. You don’t want to finish the movie and wish that you had tried that joke or did that weird thing.”
Lisa Frankenstein debuts in theaters on February 9.