Doug Jones (Part 1) - Actor, Contortionist, and Mime Artist!

Billy and Dom talk to Doug Jones (Shape of Water, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth) about how he got started in becoming some of Hollywood's greatest monsters, his approach to each of his characters, what he recommends to aspiring monster actors, and more!
Doug Jones is an American actor, contortionist, and mime artist. He is best known for portraying non-human creatures, usually via heavy make-up and visual effects. He has most notably collaborated with acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, appearing in the films Mimic (1997), Hellboy (2004), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Crimson Peak (2015), and The Shape of Water (2017).
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  • @aheartlikethesea
    @aheartlikethesea2 жыл бұрын

    Having Billy's wife on as a guest would be awesome!

  • @csuszka

    @csuszka

    2 жыл бұрын

    seconded!! this is such a good idea!

  • @debrajones5183

    @debrajones5183

    2 жыл бұрын

    Definitely Ali’s awesome!

  • @halfblooddutchprince

    @halfblooddutchprince

    2 жыл бұрын

    I want Billy's dog as a guest on the show

  • @MothGirl007

    @MothGirl007

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes!

  • @LindaC616

    @LindaC616

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@halfblooddutchprince wee Bobby would be a good, albeit silent, addition any time!

  • @melaniemcausland2649
    @melaniemcausland26492 жыл бұрын

    I bought a Cameo with Doug Jones as a wedding present for my husband, and if anyone knows Cameo they don't give you a huge amount of room to write details, but Doug somehow managed to stretch it out to about 10 minutes and was so lovely and made it feel so personal. My husband still loves that video, although he resents the fact that I won best present that day!

  • @idrinkmilk282

    @idrinkmilk282

    Жыл бұрын

    In my opinion anybody that's on cameo and is willing to take that much money for a few lines recorded on a phone, SHOULD do their very best to atleast go beyond what's written after saying it. I'd feel like a real prat thief taking all that cash for 3 seconds of speaking.

  • @MsGrapeNehi
    @MsGrapeNehi2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Dom and Billy, for having Doug Jones on the show! I met him before the pandemic, and he gave me the biggest hug! It was like hugging a big, friendly stick insect. I genuinely think he might be the nicest person on the planet.

  • @scififreakmi
    @scififreakmi2 жыл бұрын

    Doug Jones is a national treasure I’m so glad he’s the guest this week!

  • @elwizschold
    @elwizschold2 жыл бұрын

    Since you've had Doug on, you should try to get Guillermo Del Toro on - he's fascinating

  • @Azul_Arts

    @Azul_Arts

    2 жыл бұрын

    & Alex Ward

  • @denizdemir9255

    @denizdemir9255

    2 жыл бұрын

    and Ron Perlman!!

  • @Superfreak1000
    @Superfreak10002 жыл бұрын

    We just had Doug Jones at the local comic con that I run and he is truly a beautiful human being! I love him!

  • @kathrynboland7975
    @kathrynboland79752 жыл бұрын

    "Even if no one's paying you yet, keep making the art, because it needs to be made." 💯🙌🏻💙 Excellent as always guys, thank you so much! I could listen to Dom and Billy talk about animals forever...anyone else? Haha 🤩

  • @auntvesuvi3872
    @auntvesuvi38722 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Dominic! Thanks, Billy! Thanks, Doug! 🧅

  • @elendil7
    @elendil72 жыл бұрын

    I was laughing my ass off during the whole 'leg in the Tupperware' thing. You guys are great. 🤣❤️ Thank you for having Doug on the show.

  • @janew2108
    @janew21082 жыл бұрын

    Doug Jones is amazing! I love this work.

  • @nnn248nnn
    @nnn248nnn2 жыл бұрын

    A fanTASTIC guest for The Friendship Onion!! LotR got me into prosthetic arts so much that I minored in it, and so having Doug on was a huge crossover treat! :D

  • @rebelvalkyrie8621
    @rebelvalkyrie86212 жыл бұрын

    DOUG FREAKIN JONES!!

  • @claracarmona5388
    @claracarmona53882 жыл бұрын

    I'm so excited for another new day for another new friendship onion episode 🙂😁, every single day I love watching Billy and Dom

  • @philippemorin7634
    @philippemorin7634 Жыл бұрын

    This is exactly what people want. Fun, friendly banter that you can listen to while washing the dishes. Great! Hello from Yukon, Canada

  • @mollynesbitt3605
    @mollynesbitt36052 жыл бұрын

    I'm so excited!!!! I love Doug Jones!!!!!

  • @Notallwhowanderful
    @Notallwhowanderful2 жыл бұрын

    Yay! Thanks for reading my misheard lyric :-) I got so excited!!

  • @colinmorrison5119
    @colinmorrison51192 жыл бұрын

    I watch with the auto-generated captions on, as my hearing isn't great. It transcribed Dom calling the show, near the end, as the "French Bunion". Outstanding!

  • @mikaelgelsingcarlsen9994
    @mikaelgelsingcarlsen99942 жыл бұрын

    This is the best and only podcast I want to listen to!

  • @missfairbanks8661
    @missfairbanks86612 жыл бұрын

    This was great! I can't wait for part 2!

  • @alexmeir1312
    @alexmeir13122 жыл бұрын

    Please don't ever stop making these

  • @costasspartan1894
    @costasspartan18942 жыл бұрын

    Im so glad you guys decided to interview Doug jones, one of my favorite actors and so underated.

  • @jasonbeisel6681
    @jasonbeisel66812 жыл бұрын

    Love listening to you guys! The chemistry between the two of you is hilarious and always puts a smile on my face!

  • @oOBubbleStreamOo
    @oOBubbleStreamOo2 жыл бұрын

    This is wonderful! I love Doug Jones 😍

  • @Metallichick20
    @Metallichick202 жыл бұрын

    Doug Jones as one of the "Gentlemen" on Buffy is still one of the scariest characters I've ever seen.

  • @lauraslade5308

    @lauraslade5308

    2 жыл бұрын

    I saw that episode as a child and it seriously creeped me out! Scariest day-time episode I've ever seen lol

  • @johanna7254
    @johanna72542 жыл бұрын

    This was such an amazing surprise! I've always been a fan of this guy, what an amazing performer. Thanks Billy and Dom!

  • @thenerdfaraway
    @thenerdfaraway2 жыл бұрын

    Between The Friendship Onion and a LOTR readathon I've been following, this week has been really enjoyable!

  • @FlyToTheRain
    @FlyToTheRain2 жыл бұрын

    all of your guests have been fantastic but this was the first time when i heard you start the outro i was like, wow already? i can't wait to hear more next time!

  • @nerdygal6133
    @nerdygal61332 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact! A lot of the shots in ‘The Shape of Water’ that feature a large body of water were filmed in my hometown of Hamilton Ontario!

  • @linden2080
    @linden20802 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Fantastic guest and fantastic chat!

  • @Ethan-yz7lc
    @Ethan-yz7lc2 жыл бұрын

    I was recently watching the Lord of the Rings this week and took your advice to find ways to slip the word “fuck” into each film to maintain the PG-13 rating. Here are 2 of them: The Fellowship of the Ring: during the council of Elrond scene with all the different characters debating on who will take the ring to Mordor: Legolas: “Have you heard nothing Lord Elrond has said? The ring must be destroyed!” Boromir: “And if we fail, what then? What happens when Sauron takes back what is his?” Gimli: “I will be ‘fucked’ dead before I see the Ring in the hands of an Elf! Never trust an Elf!” The Two Towers: Gandalf frees Theoden scene: Theoden: [upon being exorcises] “Gandalf…” Gandalf: “Breathe the free air again, my friend.” Theoden: [stands up from the throne] “Dark have been my dreams of late.” Gandalf: “Your fingers would remember their old strength better…..if they grasped your ‘fuck’ sword.”

  • @denizdemir9255
    @denizdemir92552 жыл бұрын

    this was extremely fun! I’ve never been a podcast listener but I love your show. Also, I never knew Doug Jones is such a cool guy.

  • @Naomijmaylone
    @Naomijmaylone2 жыл бұрын

    I’ve read that if the garden is watered at night, directly at the base of the plant then the water soaks into the root system and retains more during the heat of the sun during the day.

  • @ztellaluna
    @ztellaluna2 жыл бұрын

    Doug Jones is brilliant and amazing! Thanks for this!!

  • @Butterthanever
    @Butterthanever2 жыл бұрын

    Great episode!

  • @beccasmmr9691
    @beccasmmr96912 жыл бұрын

    can't wait for part 2! loved him as captain saru on star trek discovery

  • @paulmercia9109
    @paulmercia91092 жыл бұрын

    Hey Boys! Just saw you guys in Calgary. You two were hilarious. Excellent show. Loved seeing all the boys together (the Hobbitses!). Dom, I agree. You would have been the Hobbit to die. Billy, beautiful finale!

  • @wishingonthemoon1
    @wishingonthemoon1 Жыл бұрын

    Doug Jones! What a cool guest with these cool hosts :)

  • @drgnnfrn
    @drgnnfrn2 жыл бұрын

    Just popping in to say thanks for this epic podcast! Always listen in bed to get to sleep 😴 have a great day

  • @e.m.m.a9999

    @e.m.m.a9999

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I listen it in bed to get to sleep too😊

  • @sheriwatson2012
    @sheriwatson20122 жыл бұрын

    That first story Sounds like the mystery of Skin Walker Ranch

  • @EvilArtifact
    @EvilArtifact2 жыл бұрын

    If you both turned into whales you could keep doing the podcast because whales travel in pods! You would reach a whole new audience.

  • @R2D93
    @R2D932 жыл бұрын

    No joke I was literally thinking Golden Eagle as well as an answer to the Monkey's Paw before I heard Dom say it

  • @martinerzpro
    @martinerzpro2 жыл бұрын

    Hey guys! Loving the podcast. I have a suggestion for Billy and Dom eat the world. Have either of you ever tried dulse? As an east coast Canadian from a small fishing town called St. Martin's in New Brunswick, I'm curious if you've ever tried it. It's a type of seaweed that is picked during low tide and dried in the sun. It's quite salty and chewy and to be honest I for one do not like it but the people who do like it seem to love it for it's strong unique taste. I don't know if it's strictly Canadian but I've never really seen it eaten anywhere else. Plus I feel like Dom would like it.

  • @nickchristopoulos5151
    @nickchristopoulos5151 Жыл бұрын

    Loved the Casper episode, I just finished “Smith of Wootton Major” by professor Tolkien. It’s a lovely story and features a “great cake.” I’m going to look up a recipe for a dream cake and make one. And I will be sure to make coffee!!

  • @ChristianAVS
    @ChristianAVS2 жыл бұрын

    Great ep. Known about Doug since Hocus Pocus!

  • @gloriathomas3245
    @gloriathomas3245 Жыл бұрын

    Doug actually showed off his mime skills in the BTVS episode Hush

  • @geofftriesnewshit8251
    @geofftriesnewshit82512 жыл бұрын

    PLEASE PLEASE put the Dreamcake recipe up asap! I was going to make one after the previous episode but just found a random recipe online. Would much prefer to make Caspar's recipe. Also, please never stop shouting and singing. I understand that people may want an easy listening experience, but the best thing about this podcast is you guys just being yourselves. I was sad enough when you started trying to curse less and bleeping out the ones you DID do.

  • @malarky_blue

    @malarky_blue

    2 жыл бұрын

    The cake recipe is in the description of the short clip Caspar Cooks a Cake! they published here on KZread!

  • @geofftriesnewshit8251

    @geofftriesnewshit8251

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@malarky_blue awesome. Thanks for the heads up!

  • @ClayMangiameli

    @ClayMangiameli

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks I was also trying to find it!

  • @raelenecobb6667
    @raelenecobb66672 жыл бұрын

    I love his work! I didn't realize how much he is in that I love. The way he moves his body as an alien as Saru for example. Genius!

  • @IronSoulElf
    @IronSoulElf2 жыл бұрын

    Not long enough :(... could listen to you all day!

  • @TheRealMediaMan
    @TheRealMediaMan2 жыл бұрын

    I had the pleasure of briefly meeting Doug at Rhode Island comic con years ago. Such a nice gentleman. And growing up loving the universal monsters and the marvelous Jack Pierce, and lon Cheyney before him, I was always drawn to Dougs work. For me, my favorite is Pans Laberynth

  • @selena3863
    @selena38632 жыл бұрын

    Love Dom’s blue and rainbow shirt. ❤️

  • @odothedoll2738
    @odothedoll27382 жыл бұрын

    I also heard the one winged dove lyric, but I thought it was a metaphor for the devil. Doves are associated with peace and it's impossible to fly with one wing so I thought it meant that peace had fallen. like how the devil lost his angel wings and was cast out of heaven. Keep in mind that I first heard this song on the retro stations when I was little. I was and still am a very strange child.

  • @travisboothe5670
    @travisboothe56702 жыл бұрын

    This episode was a whale of a time!

  • @NateArnoldVideos
    @NateArnoldVideos2 жыл бұрын

    Friendship Onion: best place to go for friendship, worst place to go for whale facts

  • @corrinbash22
    @corrinbash222 жыл бұрын

    "Last night I stepped on a Lego" legitimately made me laugh! 😂

  • @saltymcpepper5777
    @saltymcpepper57772 жыл бұрын

    When I was a kid we’d sing “Hit me with a wet snot”.

  • @LindaC616

    @LindaC616

    2 жыл бұрын

    😄

  • @narnianprincess3733
    @narnianprincess3733 Жыл бұрын

    4:54 lol they should be asked to try and solve all the mysterious questions like that, they have the best answers 😂 Also Dom's answer to why whales swim the way they do at 9:09 made me laugh so much ahahahaha 😂😂😂

  • @michaeladams1523
    @michaeladams15232 жыл бұрын

    My wife and I met both Billy and Doug at FantasyCon in salt lake City in 2014. I wonder if either was aware at the time that the other was there.

  • @mandiyoung4163
    @mandiyoung41632 жыл бұрын

    The difference of mammal sea creatures and fish and how they swim is the direction of the their tale. Mammal tails are horizontal and fish are vertical. With you can tell the difference of a dolphin or shark if you can only see their dorsal fin. Love the podcast I've been watching from the beginning I enjoy each episode and have learned many new things. Thank you both!

  • @assaultpickle77
    @assaultpickle772 жыл бұрын

    Another wonderful episode, as usual. As for where to put a swear in a Rings movie, I believe any line in the Merry and Pippin firework sequence of Fellowship would be perfect.... "No no, the big one. Get the big fucking one. You're supposed to stick it in the f***ing ground. It is in the f***ing ground. Out-f***ing-side. This was your f***ing idea. That was f***ing good. Let's get another f***ing one. Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took, I might have fucking known."

  • @all1nerd377
    @all1nerd3772 жыл бұрын

    Timestamps would be INVALUABLE!

  • @silverdragon710
    @silverdragon7102 жыл бұрын

    Fellowship of the Ring came out in 2001 HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT! Also i have to make that dream cake now

  • @silverdragon710

    @silverdragon710

    2 жыл бұрын

    where's the recipe? i can't find it on your website

  • @amasterofone
    @amasterofone6 ай бұрын

    My cat was very interested in Billy and Dom's whale sounds

  • @travisboothe5670
    @travisboothe56702 жыл бұрын

    For the longest time I thought Song 2 by Blur. The lyrics are " I got my head checked, by a jumbo jet" I thought it was I got my head shaved by a trombone yeah"

  • @ellieharnish548
    @ellieharnish5482 жыл бұрын

    Still waiting for you to share the dream cake recipe!

  • @kimberlyvb2332

    @kimberlyvb2332

    2 жыл бұрын

    Apparently it’s in the notes of the “Caspar Cooks a Cake” clip on KZread.

  • @Mr_Ghoulie
    @Mr_Ghoulie2 жыл бұрын

    When I'm at work, I'm usually alone. For a while, I was trying to come up with tongue twisters, basically to amuse myself and keep my mind busy. Try saying some of these, five times, fast: -Phenomenal aluminum anomalies. -Six chic chefs slice six sheep shanks. -Bad room, rad broom, bride groom. -Beware! A wee bar wench bares bar ware.

  • @adandavila5153
    @adandavila5153 Жыл бұрын

    my two favorite hobbits!!

  • @essahsaeidi5543
    @essahsaeidi55432 жыл бұрын

    drizzled twizzlers sizzle whistle blisters

  • @Match143
    @Match1432 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking a lot about where I'd add a swear word into LOTR, and I think I found a decent spot. Now there is no dialogue to include it with so it's just inserting it as a singular word to a scene. The scene when Bilbo and Frodo are at Rivendale and the moment when Bilbo sees the ring around Frodo's neck and wishes to see the ring again, he has that jump scare/face changing moment and lunges at Frodo and screams. When Frodo jumps back with his hand on his chest covering the ring he just quickly yells "F*CK"

  • @LindaC616

    @LindaC616

    2 жыл бұрын

    That *would* be a good spot!

  • @FionnKirwan
    @FionnKirwan2 жыл бұрын

    Water at night and early morning Never middle of the day

  • @stewmott3763
    @stewmott37632 жыл бұрын

    11:40 Billy: How high can they fly? Dom: Right up to the sky. Billy: They can't. Dom: They can! Billy: They can't! (I'll be astonished if anybody gets this joke)

  • @geoffkburton
    @geoffkburton Жыл бұрын

    The largest living organism is a Mushroom

  • @recycleme1224
    @recycleme12242 жыл бұрын

    Dom I hope your xeriscaping out there in LA! Need to garden within your climate zone, then you don’t have to water 😁

  • @deweyroth
    @deweyroth2 жыл бұрын

    BALL STATE U!!!!

  • @travisboothe5670
    @travisboothe56702 жыл бұрын

    Now you have to sell a blue whale t shirt lol

  • @lilred5515
    @lilred55152 жыл бұрын

    7:00 I'd turn into a physically younger version of myself but still mentally be as I am now (Altho I'd probably have to go get my vaccine and tetanus shots again)

  • @happytime2781
    @happytime27812 жыл бұрын

    for real guys why don't use normal plates. Eating on that plastic not only looks, feels bad but as well invites all kinds of dropped food situation....

  • @cobber1303
    @cobber13032 жыл бұрын

    please stop splitting the podcast into parts

  • @JeM130177

    @JeM130177

    2 жыл бұрын

    We don't know how ofren they record or how much they record at once, plus it has to get edited etc. Maybe they sit down with a guest for a long time but if they don't split it up it's harder to put out regular content. They're only splitting up the conversation, there isn't a cliffhanger hahah.

  • @danielmanwaring5502
    @danielmanwaring55022 жыл бұрын

    Those blue whale facts sound like they should be fake. I can’t tell if they were gaslighting me

  • @bfkc111
    @bfkc1112 жыл бұрын

    I really don't like sudden shouting and singing. If nothing else, it makes things less suitable to watch or listen to on mobile at night.