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pANDAS Radio · 23rd January 2008, 6:15pm

Just checked about and it is 100% true. found this on http://www.thedougjonesexperience.com/FAQs.htm

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He didn't do the voice! Why didn't he do the voice??

Right, we'll lay this ol' chestnut to rest once and for all.

Dougie will tell anyone who cares to ask - and believe me, he's been asked this one A LOT - that the intention right from the start was to dub the voice of Abe Sapien. Before Doug was even cast, there were rumours of David Hyde Pierce or Kevin Spacey doing Abe's voice, so all Dougie asked was for a chance at the voice. He did a great job as anyone present at the looping session will tell you, but ultimately it was the studios' choice, and they finally went with David Hyde Pierce (who, incidentally, is uncredited, at his own request - he regards Abe as wholly Doug's creation). Doug was disappointed as was only to be expected, BUT ... he will be the first one to tell you that David did a fantastic job and he backed up the studios' choice right from the start.

However, Doug will now be both body and voice of Abe Sapien as he goes into production of Hellboy II: The Golden Army in May, 2007.