HELLBOY's Abe Sapien goes on the record

Actor talks about requirements for playing the film's fishhead

By Patrick Sauriol     August 08, 2003
Source: CountingDown

CountingDown's David Server has just conducted an extensive interview with HELLBOY co-star Doug Jones, the actor who plays the movie's merman, Abe Sapien. Server's interview with Jones is the web's first detailed question and answer session with the actor and as such he gets all kinds of info about what it's been like to wear the elaborate bodysuit, work with John Hurt and how he prepared for the part of Abe...

"I have four goldfish in a tank, and I watched 'em," explains Jones. "I just watched 'em! And seeing how their heads would dart, same with their eyes...but then the rest of their body flows fluidly behind that jerky head. So that's kind of how I handled Abe. His head was more poppy jerk movements, but then the rest of him flowed fluidly behind."

To read the remainder of the Doug Jones i-view, check out CountingDown.



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