Actor Doug Jones talks about returning to the role of Abe Sapien in 'Hellboy 2' and the 'Hellboy' animated movies, as well as the missed opportunity to provide the voice for the character in the first 'Hellboy' movie."It's been a three year monkey on my back," says Jones, with a laugh, of the decision to layer David Hyde Pierce's voice over his physical performance in 'Hellboy', "but I think David Hyde Pierce is a delightful guy, I think he's a wonderful actor with a lot of talent. I never begrudged his sound - when I accepted the role it was under the condition that they already had planned to do a celebrity voice-over. I said that I'd rather them not do that, so my name was thrown into the pool of voices... but I was up against David Hyde Pierce, Kevin Spacey, and Steve Buscemi... and Doug Jones? (laughs) After doing the voice on set for three months - I didn't hear a negative thing about my voice at all, everybody loved what I did... including Guillermo del Toro. It just came down to a multi-layered decision from above, and getting a celebrity name would be good for marketing purposes... "Jones also dances around he Silver Surfer question in this extensive interview...
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