 Initially Lugosi and Jane Wyatt were set to star in the film . Universal also announced that Boris Karloff and Colin Clive , who had starred together in Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein , would appear , and that Cesar Romero would play Dr. Garth . According to the Hollywood Reporter , before casting Pichel Universal had sought Herbert Marshall for the role of Sandor . None of them appeared except , after a fashion , Lugosi , in the form of a wax bust molded in his image for use in Dracula 's coffin . Some sources report that Lugosi was paid as much as $ 4 @,@ 000 for his abortive involvement , but the only confirmed record of any financial arrangement is a letter in which Lugosi consents to the use of his likeness at no cost to create the wax bust . 
