David Harbour Called Ryan Reynolds for Advice After Hellboy Bombed
David Harbour says he called Ryan Reynolds for advice after Hellboy bombed at the box office. Harbour is best known for playing Chief Hopper on Netflix’s smash hit Stranger Things. But the veteran actor also knows about bombing after playing Hellboy in the 2019 reboot.
The Hellboy character was of course first brought to screens in 2004 with Ron Perlman in the role and Guillermo Del Toro behind the camera. That film was certainly no blockbuster but it did well enough to get a sequel in 2008’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Perlman and Del Toro may have wanted to return for Hellboy 3, but studio interest was not there and the franchise was put in mothballs. Hellboy then made what was to be a triumphant return in 2019 with Harbour taking over the lead role and Neil Marshall handling directorial duties. Unfortunately the Lionsgate film made just $55 million on a budget of $50 million, certifying it as a bomb.
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Hellboy’s bombing was no doubt a low point in Harbour’s career. Indeed the actor recently talked about the bad experience of being in such a box office flop in an interview with GQ, and revealed turning to his acquaintance Reynolds for advice about how to cope. Reynolds of course knew all about bombing after starring in The Green Lantern, one of the most notorious comic book movie flops of all time. As Harbour recounted:
“I know [Reynolds] a little bit. I called him and I was like, ‘Hey man, I just need to know something. You know Green Lantern? Huge flop for you. What the f--k is that like, because I think I’m going to hit that right now. Am I gonna be okay? Am I gonna survive this?’”
The interview reveals no specifics about how Reynolds
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