There was a group called Crimson Peak Secrets that was on Tumblr around the time of the movie that I looked in on from time to time, and people kept wondering about Lady Beatrice's age due to that portrait.
From the commentary track, Del Toro once said that he made it resemble his own grandmother. There was never a real answer for Beatrice's age, though I'd think that the spousal abuse caused bed rest and the harshness of her personality made her look beyond her years.
Yeah, with Eunice there are more people to wonder what happened to her. Hence why she's a bad idea, and Lucille is off the mark when it came to her in the novelization.
I think Thomas had other less kind things to say about Eunice in the original script, when he was a different person entirely. One of them might have actually been that last--making the world better without her. Heh.
(Oh, and on Ao3, you mentioned the devotion of Alan. He was briefly described as the golden retriever of the fandom, for how devoted he was to Edith. Poor thing.)
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From the commentary track, Del Toro once said that he made it resemble his own grandmother. There was never a real answer for Beatrice's age, though I'd think that the spousal abuse caused bed rest and the harshness of her personality made her look beyond her years.
Yeah, with Eunice there are more people to wonder what happened to her. Hence why she's a bad idea, and Lucille is off the mark when it came to her in the novelization.
I think Thomas had other less kind things to say about Eunice in the original script, when he was a different person entirely. One of them might have actually been that last--making the world better without her. Heh.
(Oh, and on Ao3, you mentioned the devotion of Alan. He was briefly described as the golden retriever of the fandom, for how devoted he was to Edith. Poor thing.)