The Bride! star comes alive in Entertainment Weekly's electric exclusive cover story photoshoot for director Maggie Gyllenhaal's bold new film that reinvents everything you think you know about the classic tale of Frankenstein's monster seeking a companion.
After dazzling audiences in Hamnet (and winning the Golden Globe for her powerful performance), Buckley next stars opposite Christian Bale in the violent, dark romance that's (very) lightly inspired by James Whale's 1935 horror The Bride of Frankenstein. In fact, Gyllenhaal actually got her idea for the film after seeing a tattoo of the titular character on a stranger's arm.
But while Gyllenhaal's wild ride of a story couldn't be more different from Elsa Lanchester's original version of the literary figure, Buckley unintentionally channels her signature beehive hairdo in EW's captivating photos -- thanks to a wind machine and lighting magic, of course (see the accident-turned-epic shot above).
The Bride! hits theaters March 6, but check out more photos from EW's cover shoot with Buckley below now (and read the full cover story here).
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