David Harbour Talks Taking on Hellboy

David Harbour Talks Taking on Hellboy

Reboot Begins Filming Next Month

By Alex Burns

David harbour is taking on the role of Hellboy in the upcoming horror reboot Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen. Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the Stranger Things actor opened up about how this film and his version of the iconic comic character will differ from what we've seen before.

“Ron (Pearlman) sort of embraces this machismo in himself and in Hellboy, that kind of is this thing, and I really like it and I think it’s super fun and it’s a super fun performance, but I think Hellboy has a certain psycho dynamic where occasionally he has to prove that he’s the lion and has to roar, but I think he struggles with his own masculinity. But I don’t think he needs that as much as maybe those other movies did. I have a bit of a different take on his capability or his slickness. I sort of think that for me he’s a little less skilled at constructing that persona.”

Harbour also spoke about how the film won't waste too much time setting up the origins of the character and is more focused on telling a new story on-screen.

“There is some (explanation of Hellboy), but it’s not really an origin story movie. We kind of pick up the movie like we’re running and gunning. We do have a little bit of stuff where we show stuff, but it really is a story and you just drop in with this guy. So in a way, I feel like that’s kind of what Indiana Jones was. You start with him stealing the idol, but also you do go back to the university and you understand he’s an archaeologist, you understand these things, but this is just a guy who goes and steals idols and fights Nazis and wants to steal the Arc of the Covenant. But you never go back when he’s a kid and you’re like, ‘How did he become Indiana Jones?’ It’s like no, we accept that this is Indiana Jones and I think that’s kind of what our story does too. You accept that there’s this half-demon guy running around the world and being a paranormal investigator and solving crimes and also dealing with his own issues at the same time.”

Along with Harbour the main cast includes, Ian McShane as Professor Trevor Bruttenholm (aka Professor Broom), Milla Jovovich as villain the Blood Queen, Sasha Lane as Alice Monaghan, and Ed Skrein as Major Ben Daimio.

Neil Marshall (The Descent, Game of Thrones) will helm the reboot. Production is set to begin in September 2017 with Millennium Films partnering producers Larry Gordon and Lloyd Levin to reboot popular Dark Horse Comics' character

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