Michelle Pfeiffer, playing Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, felt it first. She shifted in her period gown. “It’s a little… actor-y, Johnny,” she whispered during a break.
“I walked in the dark for two hundred years,” he said, stepping into the cold English drizzle. “A little rain won’t hurt me now.” jonathan frid cameo dark shadows movie
Jonathan Frid, the actor who defined the role of the reluctant vampire Barnabas Collins in the 1960s gothic soap opera Dark Shadows , made a sentimental cameo in Tim Burton’s 2012 feature film adaptation. The cameo occurred roughly halfway through the film during the "Happening" party hosted by the Collins family. “I walked in the dark for two hundred
Frid then did something extraordinary. He stood up, slowly, leaning on a silver-knobbed cane. He walked to the edge of the set—the grand staircase, the fake cobwebs, the wind machine—and he simply was Barnabas. Frid then did something extraordinary
The story of Jonathan Frid’s cameo in the 2012 Dark Shadows
In the 2012 film adaptation of Dark Shadows , original Barnabas Collins actor Jonathan Frid made a highly anticipated cameo appearance. The scene takes place during a grand party at Collinwood Manor. Frid appears alongside other original series cast members—Kathryn Leigh Scott, David Selby, and Lara Parker—greeting Johnny Depp’s version of Barnabas. Frid, passing the torch to the new generation, shares a brief interaction before the characters move on. This would mark Frid's final film appearance before his passing in April 2012, just weeks before the movie's premiere.
: While the scene is brief, both Frid and Kathryn Leigh Scott are the only members of the original quartet who have speaking lines. Behind the Scenes: A Legendary Meeting