Frid took a sip of his tea. He looked at the monitor, where Depp’s Barnabas had just delivered a thunderous line: “I have crossed oceans of time to find you.”
That’s when the old man arrived.
Frid didn’t stand to greet anyone. He didn’t need to. He just watched the playback of the last take on a nearby monitor. Depp sidled over, his Barnabas makeup looking suddenly like a costume next to the real thing. jonathan frid cameo dark shadows movie
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. Frid took a sip of his tea
After his day was done, Jonathan Frid put on his coat, nodded to Johnny Depp, and walked off the set. The assistant director rushed to hold an umbrella for him. Frid waved it away. He didn’t need to
“Mr. Frid,” Depp said, his voice stripped of affectation. “It’s an honour. I hope we’re… doing it justice.”