Ron Perlman brought back Hellboy for Make-A-Wish

A six-year-old boy with leukemia named Zachary told the Make-A-Wish Foundation that he wanted “to meet and become Hellboy”. So they put on Nazi uniforms and held him down in a swastika drawn with his blood and summoned Satan.

That didn’t work so they contacted Spectral Motion, who created the makeup and costume for both Hellboy movies, and Ron Perlman, the actor who played him. 4 hours in the makeup chair later, Zachary had his wish.

The Hollywood Reporter says…

The visit was the second time in the past three weeks Spectral Motion opened has its doors to Make-A-Wish children. Another fan, Caleb, got a firsthand look at the animatronics behind some of the studio’s well-known creatures, which also have appeared in X-Men: The Last Stand and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

“Wait so the other kid got to meet and become an unkillable hero and I got to see Angels wings from X-Men and the Silver Surfer, who heralds certain death,” Caleb asked when he read this. “What the fuck? Is there something you need to tell me?”

(image source = Spectral Motions facebook)