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Jessie Buckley's new film The Bride! has world premiere in London

Jessie Buckley has said she "loved" giving the Bride of Frankenstein a voice as her new film The Bride! received its world premiere in London on Thursday night.

The 36-year-old stars alongside Christian Bale in Maggie Gyllenhaal's horror film, which follows Frankenstein's Monster (Bale) as he travels back to 1930s Chicago to ask scientist Dr Euphronious (Annette Bening) to create a companion by reviving a murdered young woman, The Bride (Buckley).

Watch: The trailer for The Bride!

The upcoming film is inspired by the 1935 original The Bride of Frankenstein, which starred Elsa Lanchester.

The character was largely silent in the original film.

Speaking at The Bride!'s world premiere in London, Buckley told the Press Association: "Elsa Lanchester is on screen for about three minutes in the 1935 version, and she makes such an impact.

"Still people dress up at Halloween as her, but she doesn't say anything.

"She's on the precipice of it; she wants to say something. And I think that was Maggie's first curiosity - 'What if this woman has something to say?'

"To be able to give voice to that 'What if?' and to…