Doug Jones

Well, when I was offered the role as Baron Afanass in What We Do in the Shadows, he kind of was a parody of Nosferatu in a way. Yeah. He's the vampire that comes from the old world. He sent all of his minions out to North America to conquer the new world, and they never made it out of Stanton Island, so he kind of stays there with them now. Like, whatever, right?

Well, when I was offered the role as Baron Afanass in What We Do in the Shadows, he kind of was a parody of Nosferatu in a way. Yeah. He's the vampire that comes from the old world. He sent all of his minions out to North America to conquer the new world, and they never made it out of Stanton Island, so he kind of stays there with them now. Like, whatever, right?

No, I just, I love the, now that I've done the Nosferatu, a symphony of horror movie, and what we do in the shadows, I've had both the light and the dark of this type of vampire character.

No, I just, I love the, now that I've done the Nosferatu, a symphony of horror movie, and what we do in the shadows, I've had both the light and the dark of this type of vampire character.

Well, here's the weird thing about me is that I don't need to do anything specific. Unlike most people, I don't get antsy. I don't get stir crazy. I can sit still and stare at a wall for hours and be completely entertained. Wow.

Well, here's the weird thing about me is that I don't need to do anything specific. Unlike most people, I don't get antsy. I don't get stir crazy. I can sit still and stare at a wall for hours and be completely entertained. Wow.

I know. That's amazing. Because that's the number one question I get from people is like, I would go crazy if I just sit still for that long. And it's like, nope, that's the easy part of my day. The makeup artists are doing all the work during that time. And I get to just kind of sit there and go over my dialogue if I need to or we listen to music or we tell jokes or whatever, right?

I know. That's amazing. Because that's the number one question I get from people is like, I would go crazy if I just sit still for that long. And it's like, nope, that's the easy part of my day. The makeup artists are doing all the work during that time. And I get to just kind of sit there and go over my dialogue if I need to or we listen to music or we tell jokes or whatever, right?

It's a great time of day. But now that it's on and you have extra heat, weight, stickiness to your person and you have to perform in it all day and keep your energy up while wearing extra layers of stuff and trying to not stick to your chair when you're taking a break or whatever it is, right? Yeah. That's the long part of the day for me. I can imagine. Yeah, yeah.

It's a great time of day. But now that it's on and you have extra heat, weight, stickiness to your person and you have to perform in it all day and keep your energy up while wearing extra layers of stuff and trying to not stick to your chair when you're taking a break or whatever it is, right? Yeah. That's the long part of the day for me. I can imagine. Yeah, yeah.

I know. Help me! I delineate between suits and makeups. A monster suit would be something that you slip in to zip up the back, right? It might involve a head that slips over your head, snaps down to the neck, and then there's mechanics that are puppeteered in the face, right? That's a suit.

I know. Help me! I delineate between suits and makeups. A monster suit would be something that you slip in to zip up the back, right? It might involve a head that slips over your head, snaps down to the neck, and then there's mechanics that are puppeteered in the face, right? That's a suit.

makeup would be either glued or painted onto my real person so when you're in a suit there's nothing quite like that feeling of now it goes on much faster you're maybe 30 minutes into the whole thing and you're and you're ready to perform but once it's on it is they're usually very heavy and very hot and you feel that trickle of sweat going down the back of your neck and you can't get to it oh

makeup would be either glued or painted onto my real person so when you're in a suit there's nothing quite like that feeling of now it goes on much faster you're maybe 30 minutes into the whole thing and you're and you're ready to perform but once it's on it is they're usually very heavy and very hot and you feel that trickle of sweat going down the back of your neck and you can't get to it oh

Or you feel that trickle of sweat coming down the side of your face. Is it going to hit my eye? I don't know. Is it going to go, ah, it's on the cheekbone now. It's in my mouth now. Yeah, because salty sweat in the eye, you don't want to do that while you're on camera.

Or you feel that trickle of sweat coming down the side of your face. Is it going to hit my eye? I don't know. Is it going to go, ah, it's on the cheekbone now. It's in my mouth now. Yeah, because salty sweat in the eye, you don't want to do that while you're on camera.

Not ideal. I give you credit.

Not ideal. I give you credit.

People who just wear wigs on camera, it's an itchy mess and they want them off. I totally get it. Oh, yeah.

People who just wear wigs on camera, it's an itchy mess and they want them off. I totally get it. Oh, yeah.