Jonathan Frid Cameo Dark Shadows Movie Official

“Beautiful words,” Frid said softly. His voice was a low, rusted instrument. “But you’re playing the monster, Mr. Depp. The curse. The teeth.” He set down his tea. “You’ve forgotten to play the man.”

The set of Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows was a glorious contradiction. Outside, it was a grey, drizzly English day on a backlot built to look like 1972 Maine. Inside the foyer of the grand, decaying Collinwood manor, it was all howling wind machines, fog machines, and the electric hum of ego. jonathan frid cameo dark shadows movie

The old man looked up, and a small, knowing smile touched his lips. “Is it? I’ve always found Collinwood’s doors open to me.” “Beautiful words,” Frid said softly

The assistant director, a young man with a headset and a permanent frown, was the first to notice. “Excuse me, sir, this is a closed set.” “You’ve forgotten to play the man

Frid then did something extraordinary. He stood up, slowly, leaning on a silver-knobbed cane. He walked to the edge of the set—the grand staircase, the fake cobwebs, the wind machine—and he simply was Barnabas.