While we've had other actors paint themselves red and put horn stumps on their heads, a lot of Hellboy fans would argue the best to do it was Ron Perlman, who starred as the anti-hero in Guillermo del Toro's films.
Speaking with That Hashtag Show, Perlman was asked whether he'd return for another Hellboy movie, and had the following to say:
"For Guillermo I would. I had the opportunity to play him for other people and I passed. That's his franchise as far as I'm concerned."
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With Guillermo del Toro currently looking ahead to his Frankenstein movie and beyond, it's unlikely he's thinking much about Hellboy right now. Still, with The Crooked Man movie being a commercial flop and 2019's Hellboy reboot being panned by critics, perhaps he's the only one that can restore the image of this red menace.