By Mike Drake
Doug Jones, the versatile actor who has played some of the most well known characters in modern cinema, recently released a new book, Mime Very Own Book. He took some time from his busy schedule to speak to me about acting, toys, and mimes.
Mike Drake: You’ve done so many films and had so many great rolls. What character do most people recognize you as? Conversely, is there a character nobody realized was you?
Doug Jones: It all depends on where I am, or what type of event I’m appearing at, but the mainstream crowd knows me equally as the Silver Surfer and Abe Sapien from the Hellboy movies. The more artsy or horror crowds tend to know me as the Faun and Pale Man from Pan’S Labyrinth, as well as the Lead Gentleman from Buffy’s “Hush” episode. And the surprise...
Doug Jones, the versatile actor who has played some of the most well known characters in modern cinema, recently released a new book, Mime Very Own Book. He took some time from his busy schedule to speak to me about acting, toys, and mimes.
Mike Drake: You’ve done so many films and had so many great rolls. What character do most people recognize you as? Conversely, is there a character nobody realized was you?
Doug Jones: It all depends on where I am, or what type of event I’m appearing at, but the mainstream crowd knows me equally as the Silver Surfer and Abe Sapien from the Hellboy movies. The more artsy or horror crowds tend to know me as the Faun and Pale Man from Pan’S Labyrinth, as well as the Lead Gentleman from Buffy’s “Hush” episode. And the surprise...
- 6/12/2012
- by Barrett
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Fans of the award-winning actor Doug Jones, famous for his roles as Fauno and Pale Man in the multi-Oscar-winningPan's Labyrinth, the Silver Surfer in 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Abe Sapien in Hellboy and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (in which he also played Chamberlain and the Angel of Death), will be happy to hear that Doug is featured this week and next during the Web series Medallion Mondays.
In the eleventh episode of Medallion Mondays, "Pale Man Hands," Tampon (Jim Tampa) discovers that the incompatible coworkers Mo-ck (Adam Mock) and Ponce (Josh "Ponceman" Perry) can actually...
In the eleventh episode of Medallion Mondays, "Pale Man Hands," Tampon (Jim Tampa) discovers that the incompatible coworkers Mo-ck (Adam Mock) and Ponce (Josh "Ponceman" Perry) can actually...
- 9/10/2010
- The Fan Carpet
Filmmaker Gregory (Slime City Massacre) Lamberson also has a successful side job writing the horror novel series The Jake Helman Files. Volume One, Personal Demons, is getting a sequel, entitled Desperate Souls, which is being released as a trade paperback on October 1st.
Published by Medallion Press, The Jake Helman Files already has two more volumes, Cosmic Forces and Tortured Spirits, set for completion in 2011 and 2012, respectively. In addition, occult detective Helman is poised to enter other media.
From the Press Release:
“This is my big, ongoing project,” says Lamberson, whose werewolf novel The Frenzy Way was published in June and whose new film Slime City Massacre (review here) is currently playing on the film festival circuit with a DVD release in the wings. “I originally wrote Personal Demons as a screenplay back in 1989, but the story was way too big for the kind of budget I’m able to raise as an indie filmmaker.
Published by Medallion Press, The Jake Helman Files already has two more volumes, Cosmic Forces and Tortured Spirits, set for completion in 2011 and 2012, respectively. In addition, occult detective Helman is poised to enter other media.
From the Press Release:
“This is my big, ongoing project,” says Lamberson, whose werewolf novel The Frenzy Way was published in June and whose new film Slime City Massacre (review here) is currently playing on the film festival circuit with a DVD release in the wings. “I originally wrote Personal Demons as a screenplay back in 1989, but the story was way too big for the kind of budget I’m able to raise as an indie filmmaker.
- 9/7/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
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