When Willem Dafoe receives ... he plays God in Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things,” a Frankensteinian surgeon charitably committed to reanimating dead creatures, like Emma Stone’s Bella.

Willem Dafoe in “Poor Things”Yorgos Lanthimos/Searchlight ... “While in the Frankenstein myth, Dr. Frankenstein, once the creature goes out, is repelled by him, I think Baxter falls in ...

It was only a matter of time before Willem Dafoe worked with Yorgos Lanthimos, and the result is everything you might expect and more. In Poor Things ... it produces this creature, Bella.

Maxim (Willem Dafoe, left) and Petro go hunting for mythical creatures in the fantasy adventure ... surgeon who reanimates corpses in the drama "Poor Things." Yorgos Lanthimos' "Frankenstein ...

In “Poor Things,” Willem Dafoe plays God, bringing his devilish grin to the role of an ethically unbound surgeon who grafts body parts from one creature onto another, blending ducks and geese ...

In recent years, audiences have seen Willem Dafoe do all kinds of things. He’s played ‘God’ (or, Godwin Baxter) in Poor Things, responsible for the creation of all kinds of hybrid creatures.

Through Safie, the creature gets an education ... especially for a single woman." Willem Dafoe in POOR THINGS.Atsushi Nishijima—Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures Mellor points to Shelley's ...

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Eggers and his The Lighthouse star Willem ... creature in Shadow of the Vampire. Watch on Deadline Dafoe’s upcoming projects include two Yorgos Lanthimos pics — Poor Things ...

When Willem Dafoe receives his star on the ... as when he plays God in Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things,” a Frankensteinian surgeon charitably committed to reanimating dead creatures, like Emma Stone’s ...

From the wild eyes to an often unnerving grin, Willem ... Dafoe brings a goofy but tender spirit to a blowhard dad who leads a group of local boys to hunt and fear mythic (and adorable) creatures ...