He was doing Mimic in 1997 and I was brought in by the FX people. Jones: Yeah, what a blessed day that was. And of course, the Faun and the Pale Man from Pan’s Labyrinth. A whole new generation has discovered Hocus Pocus it’s become a Halloween-centric The Wizard of Oz. Billy is a big one and has grown over the years. Jones: It’s an even spread between four films, actually. Is that one of the big characters fans want to talk to you about? So, Hocus Pocus: kids and adults alike love that film and your character, Billy the zombie is a huge part of its appeal. The presence of Gilligan is a total surprise. Jones: (laughs) You didn’t see that coming?ĬS: No. I got lots of validation from those goofy guys who were headlining all their own TV shows and using their physical prowess and thought okay, maybe there’s hope for me after all!ĬS: I must say, I never thought in a million years that Bob Denver would creep into our conversation today. And people from the early sitcom days, honestly guys like Dick van Dyke and all the goofy guys like Don Knotts and Bob Denver. But I don’t have heroes specifically, save for silent movie stars like Chaplin and Keaton and I still love their work. He was trained by someone who was trained by Marceau. In fact, the guy I learned under was from that legacy. Jones: Yes, so I was trained as a mime in college from the Marcel Marceau school of training. Presumably one of your biggest influences was Marcel Marceu, but did you have any other miming heroes? Let’s not.ĬS: So expressing yourself physically goes back to your training as a mime. ![]() Jones: That almost sounds naughty, somehow.ĬS: We could spin that in another direction. Here you are buried under goop and a hood and yet you are performing with those iconic hands you know what to do with your fingers and how to express and perform with them. So many people tell me “I knew that was you from the hands” and I get that for so many characters I have played over the years no matter how obliterated my face is by make-up, they can always recognize my fingers and hands somehow.ĬS: That’s my point. But that’s when we’re finally face to face and I can show him what’s ahead for him. I have been preying on Douglas the entire film and making him go nutty cakes and see things that aren’t there. You’re acting almost exclusively with that finger…ĭoug Jones: Well, I don’t consciously think “okay, act with that finger, put it all in that finger!’ but that was a moment in the film where yes, I finally make physical contact with my prey, basically. : There’s that old adage, “I have more talent in my little finger than you have in your entire body” and I was reminded of this during the pivotal moment in The Bye Bye Man where you extend your finger and touch Douglas Smith’s head.
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