![]() ![]() Anything I do physically is motivated by the inside of the character, his soul. So you have to take a character into your insides and understand his wants, needs, loves, fears, how I play in the story, how I interact with other characters. I can’t start there, I have to start with the heart and the soul. So many people who ask me about my acting techniques want to start with the physical. I find myself able to express myself through the tilt of the head or a flick of the fingers. Also, the comments I get most are my hands. I can use my voice and inflections to get a point or mood across. Scoop: Going off of that, what methods do you use to express a character’s emotion when you’re in heavy makeup?ĭJ: If there’s verbal dialogue, that’s a big help. So much of our communication comes from gestures, body language, posturing, facial expression, tilt of the head. I was really quite taken with that art form of nonverbal communication and how many stories you can tell without uttering one word. I joined a mime troupe called Mime Over Matter and started performing. My brothers said, “Gosh that looks weird,” so I thought “Maybe I can push it farther.” The mime thing started happening in college. 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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