Viewers love an antagonist who turns to something not quite like an antagonist. Take Venom, for example. The monstrous alien entity started as an antagonist but is possibly a full-on hero by now, as the events of Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) showed audiences. The script is out of the playbook written by another favorite villain-turned-protagonist, a character spawned from Hell itself – Hellboy.
The Hellboy franchise is one of the few supernatural or fantastical franchises which operates with stark independence from both Marvel and DC and had no allegiances with the Star Wars or Star Trek franchises either. A standalone character, thus, Hellboy has shown for decades how to not let a lead character go stale without the need to keep adding more characters in the mix. Now, the franchise gets a new lease of life as Jack Kesy scores the role of Hellboy for the upcoming movie in the franchise, Hellboy: The Crooked Man.
Jack Kesy bags lead role in Hellboy franchise
Jack Kesy is noted for playing several smaller, but captivating roles, of antagonists in noted movies such as Deadpool 2 (2018) and Baywatch (2017). Kesy played the role of Black Tom in Deadpool 2, as the prison bully in the Ice Box, a prison where Deadpool and Firefist were locked up. Kesy also played the role of Leon, a hired killer, who at the beckoning of Victoria Leeds kills a politician in Baywatch.
Jack Kesy has been cast as Hellboy in the ‘HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN’ reboot.
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Kesy seems to have landed one of his biggest roles, as Hellboy, in the franchise reboot, The Crooked Man. The role, played earlier by Ron Perlman and David Harbour to perfection, is one that has stuck with fans for generations, and if Kesy makes a good impression, it could be a big break for him.
What Jack Kesy needs to know about Hellboy
Hellboy is a well-meaning devil. He was spawned to earth from hell by Nazi occultists but brought up by Allied Forces. The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (BPRD) soon becomes Hellboy’s second home, for which he works as he grows up. He shaves off his horns in a symbolic gesture, implicating his well-meaning intentions.
Kesy’s Hellboy finds himself in 1950s rural Appalachia, stranded along with a BPRD rookie. They stumble upon a witch community led by the Crooked Man, who has a place in Hellboy’s dark past. The movie promises to portray everyone’s favorite demon as he fights his own demons, and how Kesy adapts to the role makes for an interesting debate.
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