11 Things You Didn't Know About 'Hellboy II'
By Emily Christianson, Hollywood.com Staff
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Monday, July 14, 2008
10. Transforming into Hellboy is ritualistic, sort of like a samurai preparing for battle:
Ron Perlman: Well, for some strange reason, the make-up has never been a burden. When it comes on the heels of absolute no sleep, then everything's a burden. But I regard the transition into the make-up every day as kind of like a ritual of preparing to become Hellboy, almost like a samurai goes through that highly ritualistic transformation from mortal to warrior. And I come out the other side looking a whole lot cooler than I do in real life, so why would anybody complain about that? 