David Harbour’s Hellboy is an imposingly tall half-demon with red skin, shaved horns and a tail. So the filmmakers knew they would have to find a formidable actress to play his powerful nemesis, Nimue the Blood Queen. In the latest installation of the film, Hellboy will battle the mysterious Nimue played by Milla Jovovich, perhaps best known as the star of the hugely successful Resident Evil franchise, Milla says she was immediately intrigued by her character’s plight. “What got me right away was that I thought she was right on with what she stands for and she’s immediately challenged and betrayed,” she shares.
For Hellboy, Nimue is more than just a supernaturally powerful witch.
He learns she has a deep connection to his past. Nimue exploits that connection and Hellboy’s own doubts and insecurities to try to seduce him into joining her, says Jovovich. “She says to him, ‘You’re one of us.’ She wants to know why he’s trying to live like a human, to get these people who hate and fear him to accept him. She tells him, ‘You could be a hero in my world.’ She wants his strength added to her kingdom, to make it their kingdom.”
Milla Jovovich in Hellboy.
Rounding out the cast, along with David and Milla, the movie features Sasha Lane, Ian McShane and Daniel Dae Kim in key roles. PVR Pictures together with MVP Entertainment brings the much awaited installment of the massive franchise Hellboy to India.
This new Hellboy, directed by Neil Marshall, is slayed to release on April 12, 2019.
