oscar winner javier bardem revealed he has discussed playing frankenstein with universal pictures in their monster universe reboot last year it was widely reported that the film company had tapped bardem to portray frankenstein in the studios burgeoning monster universe however neither of them had officially announced if it was really happeningwhen asked about the same the 48yearold star confirmed to cinema blend that talks concerning him playing the popular fictional character are indeed happening read alsoyeah well there are talks and i would love to be part of it because its an iconic speaking of an iconic character i have the size of the head thats for sure theyre not going to waste a lot of money in makeup thats for sure he said the actor is currently promoting pirates of the caribbean dead men tell no tales in which he played the villain captain armando salazar