![]() ![]() I can put my legs behind my head, so I could watch TV in funny positions as a kid. It’s in my bio, it’s all over the internet, but I never had a traveling circus act. What attracted you to those forms of artistic expression?ĭJ: I did mime and I have been able to contort a bit, but I wouldn’t say. Scoop: You have a background in mime and contortionism. Everyone talks about Hollywood being so youth-centric, and when you’re covered in rubber bits that allows you to age and nobody knows. That’s given my career some longevity that I didn’t expect. What I get out of it is the ability to play a wider array of characters than I could ever do with my own face. ![]() I owe my creature career to the creature effects makeup designers and artists who have transformed me over the years. They’ve come looking for me over the years, due to the referrals of creature effects makeup people that I’ve worked with before. What do you like about those types of roles?ĭJ: I think those types of roles like me. Scoop: You’ve become known for your physicality and playing creature characters or ones in heavy makeup. I didn’t know how much traffic would come through here, but it seems like it’s drawing people from near and far. I had no idea what to expect in Gettysburg. Scoop: Are you having a good time here at Creature Feature Weekend?ĭoug Jones (DJ): I am. The prolific creature actor talked about some of his most famous roles, discussed what it’s like to act in prosthetics and heavy makeup, seeing himself as an action figure, and what he’d like to do next. While at the horror convention, he took a break from signing autographs for an interview with Scoop. Jones was recently a guest at Creature Feature Weekend on March 17-19, 2023, in Gettysburg, PA. Caligari, Legion, John Dies at the End, Arrow, Crimson Peak, The Bye Bye Man, and What We Do in the Shadows, just to name a few. īeyond that, Jones was also in Batman Returns, Tank Girl, Warriors of Virtue, Mimic, Mystery Men, The Time Machine, The Cabinet of Dr. He played one of Dark Horse’s best known characters (Abe Sapien), a Marvel tortured hero (Silver Surfer), the beloved zombie Billy Butcherson (Hocus Pocus), and a terrifying, silent Gentleman (Buffy the Vampire Slayer). He has starred in an Academy Award Best Picture winner (The Shape of Water), he’s a lead in the Star Trek TV series that introduced the franchise to a new generation (Discovery), and was the striking characters Fauno and Pale Man (Pan’s Labyrinth). Actor Doug Jones has had a storied career in Hollywood. ![]()
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