The new version of Hellboy is set to be released in UK cinemas on Thursday 11th April and a day later on Friday 12th April in the US, by which time it will be available around the world, with the exceptions of France, Spain and Hong Kong where it will be released at later dates. So in this case, less was more.We answer all these questions and more below… When is Hellboy coming out in cinemas? For this, though I had markings and looked like the Creature from the Black Lagoon, I didn’t want to be compared necessarily because it’s not a prequel. I studied fish when I played Abe Sapien because he was so gesture-y and I wanted his head to be curious like a goldfish. It was Creature From the Black Lagoon that informed Jones’s portrayal of the Asset more than Abe. “He had a crush on Julie Adams, and he had a crush on the creature,” says Jones. The Shape of Water was inspired by del Toro’s childhood fantasies from watching the 1930’s monster movie Creature from the Black Lagoon, in which del Toro wished the monster fell in love with Julie Adams instead of trying to kill and eat her.
“That’s what Guillermo had to drill into me: You are intelligent, you can learn communication, but this is all new to him.” Well-spoken, huge vocabulary, could read four books at one time, had a wealth of knowledge in science and all kinds of things, and gestures as a refined gentleman might do.”ĭoug Jones as Abe Sapien in 2008's 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army.' Columbia Picturesīut in The Shape of Water, the Asset “is a raw animal” from the wild. It’s different.”Īs an actor, Jones also approached playing the characters in wildly different ways. “If you look at the two designs side by side, you’ll see the differences, in markings, colors, shapes, placement of gills. Jones acknowledges the similarities, but advises fans and viewers to look closer - literally.
It’s not a prequel, it’s not a backstory, it’s not an origin story. This is a completely different character. “I was told from the very beginning this is not Abe Sapien from Hellboy. “Those comparisons are inevitable, but they are not correct,” Jones told Inverse in a November interview. Despite that both the Asset and Abe Sapien are bipedal aquatic monsters, Jones tells Inverse that the two couldn’t be farther apart. The role bears strong similarities to another one of Jones’s previous roles: Abe Sapien, another half-man, half-fish who works as an intelligence agent for the top-secret Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (BPRD). In The Shape of Water, Jones played “The Asset,” a half-fish, half-man creature captured in the Amazon wilds.
Doug Jones, who starred in both The Shape of Water and Hellboy playing fish men, can understand why. And when the trailer was first released, fans of the Hellboy movies latched on to The Shape of Water as a possible prequel for del Toro’s cult favorite adaptations of the Dark Horse graphic novels. But The Shape of Water from Guillermo del Toro isn’t about love between woman and man it’s between woman and fish-man. One of 2017’s best, most tender romances is now nominated for several Oscars.
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