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Selma Blair on Hellboy II
By Fred Topel | Image property of Universal Pictures
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Ron Perlman on Hellboy II: The Golden Army
"The scene with the Angel of Death is actually my favorite scene," said Blair. "One, because the Angel of Death was such an incredibly beautiful creature to work with. I mean, just watching that creature brought tears to my eyes. Guillermo actually had to tell me to stop crying. Liz was stronger than that. But it’s a huge moment. I mean, that’s nothing any real person, hopefully in this world, will ever have that question. I mean, she will deal with the consequences later and I just don’t think she could believe that it would be real. What will happen in Hellboy III, what she will suffer, and what will happen to the world?"
And that's the spoiler free explanation of her acting challenge. Safer topics include her hairstyle in the sequel. "It actually was Guillermo’s idea. I had really, really short hair at the time. I had shaved all my hair off, just for fun. I had really long hair, and I just gave myself a Mohawk, as you do, I guess, sometimes. It looked great. No, it looked great. I loved it. It looked great. I did it for a Vogue photo shoot, and I loved it. So I had this really strange Mohawk. That was a little too extreme for Liz. So that was a wig that I was wearing in the movie and that was Guillermo’s idea. Now I basically have the same haircut as I did in the movie. It was cute. We wanted Liz to have a more mature look than she did in the first one."
Her costume also reflected a new maturity. "They were really simple. They were kind of a little bit Japanese, action-figure inspired and just really, really clean. Really clean and confident. Just a really capable-looking wardrobe."
At least she still lights on fire. "Originally when I played Liz the first time, I got to choose her fire, and it was blue, and I loved that. This time I noticed the fire was orange red. That, Guillermo said, she’s matured and so has her fire. It’s different and I guess they just didn’t want to have her engulfed in a big blue flame. It would have looked strange. I didn’t really know that I would be on fire so much, which I think is a really cool effect. I thought it looked really beautiful. There were some times that fire was near me, and I knew when I would be on fire but I thought it would mostly be contained in my hands. So I didn’t know. Guillermo had added it later, that it was actually kind of all over my body."
Hellboy II: The Golden Army opens to theaters on July 11th.
For the trailers, posters, stills and additional movie info, go to the Hellboy II: The Golden Army Movie Page.
Fred Topel
Sources: Image property of Universal Pictures
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