Of the costume, Jones remembers that his look almost took inspiration from Michael Jackson - the “uniform” kind of outfit, with epaulets on the shoulders - as he was incredibly popular at the time. “The best artists in the world have had their hands on me and transformed me into different things.” “I was baffled at the speed at which they did it,” Jones says, adding that watching the artistry involved is a process he always finds stunning. For the hands, they were just gloves that he would slip on. Morphing into Billy Butcherson only took an hour and a half each day, Jones explains, as makeup artists Tony Gardner and Margaret Prentice used a prosthetics piece for the face, neck and collarbone that was one piece, pre-molded and pre-painted. ![]() “The movie is more known worldwide than it ever has been and with a bigger fan base than it’s ever had before.” “It didn’t open very big and just got bigger with time, television airings and home video, people’s DVD collections, and now the fans that grew up with us are having kids of their own so we have a second wave of fans coming,” the actor continues. Of his expectations of Hocus Pocus, Jones recalls that the film had the opposite effect to what he thought would happen. “The first agent that I had knew that I was bendable, flexible, with the contorting thing on my resume and also the miming work, so that meant physical tom-foolery and often that comes with costumes and makeup so I was submitted for lots of roles that involved heavy costuming and makeup.”īefore Hocus Pocus, Jones had only appeared in one studio movie, Batman Returns. Now over a 30-year career thus far, he has transformed into various monsters, creatures and characters such as the amphibian man in The Shape of Water and the Mac Tonight Guy in a long-running McDonalds campaign, as well as performing in many roles where he appears looking more like “himself,” such as Adaptation. He was drafted into a mime troupe in college, which then ignited his performance career. ![]() Jones adds that later on at parties, he would sometimes contort his legs behind his head, which garnered various shocking reactions. “I wanted to be one of them,” he recalls. “I thought we were going to have a huge box office hit and that my face might be on some lunch boxes and things, and some toys, and that it would fade out with time, like most movies might,” says Jones, who as a child was heavily influenced by the “funny people” he saw on TV and in movies growing up, especially those characters who weren’t the romantic leads. He did not anticipate we’d still be talking about this movie in the year 2020. In 2006, Jones appeared in the feature films The Benchwarmers and Lady in the Water, and reprised his role as Abe Sapien by voicing the character in the new Hellboy Animated television project, recording two 75-minute animated films.“I’ve learned the difference now and the similarities that dialogue is dialogue whether it’s verbal or not,” Jones tells The Hollywood Reporter, days before a Hocus Pocus reunion, with stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, is set to take place 27 years after the movie first released. Caligari, the film receiving three awards at the Screamfest Horror Festival in Los Angeles, including the Audience Choice Award. The same year also brought success for The Cabinet of Dr. Working once more under heavy prosthetics in both roles, he was also required to learn large amounts of dialogue in Spanish, although ultimately his voice was redubbed anyway, by Pablo Adan. He also has a secondary role in the film as the Pale Man, a gruesome creature with a penchant for eating children. ![]() Explaining the challenge of working so often in rubber suits and prosthetics, he notes, "I have to make that a part of my being and my physicality and again, acting is a full body experience and that's a part of it when you're doing a costumed character." In 2005, he worked again with Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, starring as the Faun in del Toro's multiple-Academy Award-winning Spanish-language fantasy/horror project Pan's Labyrinth. ![]() He played Abe Sapien in Hellboy, although the voice was performed by an uncredited David Hyde Pierce. So, how much is Doug Jones worth at the age of 63 years old? Doug Jones’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. He is a member of famous Actor with the age 63 years old group. We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 24 May. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old? Popular As Discover Doug Jones's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Doug Jones was born on 24 May, 1960 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, is an American actor, contortionist and mime.
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