'Hellboy' trivia and fun facts
Original inspiration
The design team attempted not to reference the designs of the Del Toro films and took inspiration from the comics.
Same name
Milla Jovovich stars in the movie with a character named "Alice". Jovovich played the main protagonist in the Resident Evil francise as Alice.
A new film
This will be a complete reboot and not a continuation of the previous movies starring Ron Perlman and directed by Guillermo Del Toro.
Starting with a dream
In mid 2012, Ron Perlman once again endured the 4-hour makeup routine required to transform him into Hellboy - not for a sequel or other acting job but to fulfill the Make-A-Wish request of a six-year-old boy named Zachary who has leukemia. Guillermo del Toro was so touched by this event that it inspired him to start production on Hellboy 3. However, the project was announced to be cancelled and this reboot's development started soon after.
Deep research
Mike Mignola had stated that Harbour had been researching the character, stating, "He's texting me Hellboy questions about his history, about what the character would think about this or about that".
A step back
On August 21, 2017, Ed Skrein was cast as Major Ben Daimio in the film. However, upon discovering that Daimio was portrayed in the comic books as a Japanese-American character, Skrein announced a week later that he was pulling out to allow an actor of Asian heritage to be cast instead.