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Frankenstein star Christoph Waltz is in favor of Guillermo del Toro's use of practical effects: "CGI is for losers"

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By Emily Garbutt published 1 September 2025

Christoph Waltz gets straight to the point

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Christoph Waltz as Henrich Harlander in Frankenstein

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Frankenstein star Christoph Waltz has praised director Guillermo del Toro's use of practical effects, in a characteristically straightforward way.

"CGI is for losers," he said during the movie's press conference at Venice Film Festival (via Deadline). "And the answer, which art is part of, is love. For me, forgiveness is part of love and so many other things. And the central question in the novel from the beginning is, what is it to be human? What makes us human? And there’s no more urgent task than to remain human in a time where everything is pushing towards bipolar understanding of our humanity."

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