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Doug jones actor in guerilmo de1/23/2024 ![]() You don’t have to be approved, discussed, questioned. So I knew we were in very good hands.”Īdded Navarro, “Here in this world, you have creative control of what you’re doing. I knew that going from Hellboy, which was a big studio multi-layers of decision-makers, to this - this was his movie. Said Jones of the film, “Guillermo del Toro is the only person that could have pulled all that off. He continued, “The first day showed up … they were like, ‘What is this American dressed as a Faun doing in a Fascist period movie?’” ![]() The Spanish crew thought that I was a complete fool in the mountain screaming nonsense.” And the crew also thought that we were insane. But everything that could go wrong on Pan’s Labyrinth went wrong. “I like it because it keeps you honest, and it keeps you scared. “I like going from big movies to smaller movies,” del Toro said. Shot in del Toro’s favored 1.85:1 aspect ratio, Pan’s Labyrinth came just two years after the director’s success with demon-superhero film Hellboy. Navarro and Jones are both frequent collaborators of del Toro’s, with Navarro having worked on Cronos, Hellboy and The Devil’s Backbone, and Jones having appeared in Mimic, Hellboy, Crimson Peak and The Shape of Water. Screening the Spanish-language film in the Academy Museum’s newly opened David Geffen Theater, the Q&A that followed also included the film’s cinematographer Guillermo Navarro - who won the Oscar for best cinematography in 2007 - and Doug Jones, who played The Faun and The Pale Man in the film. “I said, ‘I understand Lord, I’ll do Pan’s Labyrinth, but give me my notebook back.’” When the taxi driver was able to return it to him, the director took it as a sign to make his passion project. Unsure of whether or not he should take the superhero movie opportunity, del Toro ended up forgetting his notebook filled with ideas one day in a cab in London. “I was thinking about it because it was very tempting and I said, ‘Do I do Pan’s Labyrinth or do I do a big movie?’”Ĭhris Rock Talks Hollywood Fame and Greed in 'TCM Picks' Video for Bob Fosse's 'Star 80' “After Hellboy and Blade II were successful, I got offered every superhero movie - they were starting to pick up,” del Toro remembered. The acclaimed Mexican writer-director revealed that prior to making the film, he had been approached to work on big-budget superhero films for the likes of Marvel. On Wednesday night, del Toro joined the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures for a 15th anniversary celebration screening and Q&A for the film. ![]() It would seem that a taxi driver is to thank for the making of Guillermo del Toro’s three-time Oscar-winner Pan’s Labyrinth. ![]()
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