I am very tired!
How do you feel when the film is compared to the other big summer comic book movies likeHulkandIron Man?
How do you think it stands out?
I think its very, very different from those.
So we went for it.
You know I really dont know.
Movies and audiences are like blind dates, you have no idea how its gonna go!
Can you talk a bit about the process of making the crazy creatures?
And in some instances hundreds if not thousands of those creatures at the same time.
We have been struggling a lot and allowing a lot for those creatures to have a personality individually.
And what kind of team do you work with?
DDT effects that worked with me onPans Labyrinth.
Spectral Motion that worked with me on the firstHellboy.
You see Hellboy at age 11…
No, Hellboys baby.
Oh, Hellboys baby!
Well, not this time, but I do have something in mind… How involved was Mike this time around?
I think in a strange way he was more involved, but in a different way.
When I was shootingPans LabyrinthI was writingHellboy… And we didnt talk about it in those terms.
So well have to wait and see if he really does that!
(laughs)
Pans Labyrinthobviously is a fairytale world as well.
How do you think Hellboy would have dealt with Pan?
I think that as the issues progress he becomes more and more at ease with the character.
Mike has a way of being streamlined on the lines, and strong on the blacks.
And I love the other guys own variations, you know, every variation I love.
No, Ive been doing that sinceMimic.
What was the biggest technical challenge that you faced during production?
Every nut, every bolt makes sense.
That was a pain in the ass to rig!
It was a pain in the ass to construct, it was a pain in the ass to rig.
You know because we wanted them to have a very clean silhouette.
Youve said before that you make one film for the studios and then one for yourself.
SincePans Labyrinthwas, obviously, a massive critical success, have you been able withHellboy IIto combine the two?
Well, what is funny is, Ive never said that.
EvenBlade, which was, you know, I loved the first one.
It kind of popped the cherry of many, many things.
So its three in one.
Is there anything youd like to say so we can report on it, and maybe help him.
That is incoming, it will probably be through eBay.
It is a worthy cause for a truly great guy.
