No Doug Bradley?


I want him bring back. I don't care if he's too old, just make-up looks same pinhead.

Doug Bradley as Pinhead is so awesome.

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This is from his Facebook page:

FROM DOUG:

"Ladies, Gentlemen and Others,
I gather word is beginning to spread about the new Hellraiser movie which is, apparently, already shooting.
First, a point of clarification. This is the first time I have said anything about this. Anything else you have heard me say about any proposed Hellraiser film refers to the constantly rumored remake. And, for the record, I still know nothing about that.
First I heard about this new film was around Christmas in a phone call from Gary Tunnicliffe, who was my make-up artist on Bloodline through Hellworld. Gary, you may recall, also wrote the screenplay for Revelations. He has written and is directing this new effort. I can also assert, contrary to some rumours I've already seen, that Clive Barker is not involved with this in any way, shape or form.
Gary said he would send me a copy of the script when he had completed a second draft, but before I could be allowed to set eyes on the precious document, I was required to sign a gagging order. This was a three page document preventing me from talking about the script 'in restrooms', 'on elevators', 'in restaurants' or 'in cellular telephone conversations which may be overheard'. There was also dark reference to 'people talking out of turn at conventions'. I read this thing in disbelief, and informed Gary I would not be signing it.
And that's that. Clearly, I am deemed too much of a security risk to be allowed to read a Hellraiser script. People are starving to death in Syria and they're worried about me talking about a Hellraiser movie? Get a *beep* grip. Can you say 'sense of proportion'?
Anyway, story short: a new movie is happening and I have nothing do with it. I was unable to make a decision about it because I was not allowed to read the script, unlike Revelations where I made a conscious decision not to do the movie based on the motives for making it and the poor quality of the script.

And that's everything."

Peace and Pain
Doug

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Everyone in the industry has to sign NDA's. This guy is a drama queen.

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That's all I could think while reading that sad tirade too.

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Paul T. Taylor will be playing Pinhead for this film.

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...and he is probably completely and utterly wrong for the role, just like Stephan Smith Collins before him.

He is probably not going to be quite as bad as Collins, who was nothing short of painful to watch, but he will no doubt do nothing but remind us all how vital Doug Bradley is to Pinhead as we know him.

It would have been better NOT to have Pinhead than to recast him.

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Do you really think it matters? Jesus, this series went to hell (no pun intended) years ago. Pinhead in space, pinhead streaming, what the *beep* is left to do??

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Pinhead in the center of the earth

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