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Lionel Mandrake · Jul 7, 2012

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/171543-ron-perlman-puts-on-the-hellboy-make-up-again

Take note of one of the most heart-warming stories we've ever posted on SuperHeroHype.

Spectral Motion, a well known special effects company which has worked on the Fantastic Four, Hellboy, and X-Men films, has been the location of two Make-A-Wish children's wishes. For one of them, Zachary wanted to meet and become Hellboy. When Ron Perlman heard about it, he couldn't refuse to don the horns once again.

Spectral Motion said: In the past three weeks, Spectral Motion has been honored to host two wonderful Make-A-Wish children, Caleb and Zachary. Zachary loved his visit for two very special reasons. It was Zachary's wish to meet Hellboy and also to become Hellboy. When the Make-A-Wish Foundation contacted Spectral Motion with this request, Mike thought it would be fantastic to have Ron Perlman reprise his role for the day. Ron loved the idea and donned the makeup once more (with the assistance of Lufeng Qu and Eden Elizalde) and also ordered a Hellboy sized meal of burgers, shakes, and fries for Zachary and his family and the entire Spectral crew to enjoy. Later in the day, Zachary was transformed into Hellboy with the assistance of makeup artists Lufeng Qu and Neil Winn. Both of the Make-A-Wish days were a complete thrill for the families of the children, as well as for the crew at Spectral Motion!

More pics at the site.

Damn, I loved the Hellboy movies.

Data West · Jul 7, 2012

That kid is awesome.

Spider-Man? Naw. Batman? Naw. Iron Man? Naw. HELL BOY!

Ken · Jul 7, 2012

Very cool.

Magilla · Jul 7, 2012

Awesome kid and everyone involved is amazing. Ron Perlman is the freaking man and was made to play Hellboy.

Lactose_Intolerant · Jul 7, 2012

I'd be pissed if this is what my 1 wish got me:

Though meeting the effects crew and Ron Perlman is pretty cool.

Mama Robotnik · Jul 7, 2012

Really nice story, and Ron Perlman continues to be completely awesome.

Lionel Mandrake · Jul 7, 2012

Lactose_Intolerant said:
I'd be pissed if this is what my 1 wish got me:

Though meeting the effects crew and Ron Perlman is pretty cool.

Kid probably didn't want to stay put for hours upon hours.

kittens · Jul 7, 2012

Very cool.

KevinCow · Jul 7, 2012

Hahaha, that's awesome.

Make-a-Wish and the people who cooperate with them like Ron Perlman here are so damn awesome.

Lactose_Intolerant · Jul 7, 2012

Lionel Mandrake said:
Kid probably didn't want to stay put for hours upon hours.

Yeah, he's terminal. I probably wouldn't want to be in a chair for hours either if I had like 6 months to live.

SmithnCo · Jul 7, 2012

What? This is totally badass.

SolKane · Jul 7, 2012

Humanity +1

A Pretty Panda · Jul 7, 2012

John Cena or Hellboy?

Hmm tough call.

Data West · Jul 7, 2012

A Pretty Panda said:
John Cena or Hellboy?

Hmm tough call.

Kid can see John Cena every week.
EVERY.WEEK/.

vitaminwateryum · Jul 7, 2012

This is awesome.

Reminds me of when Johnny Depp showed up to an elementary school as Jack Sparrow.

Loxley · Jul 7, 2012

Another reason why Ron Perlman is awesome.

DrBo42 · Jul 7, 2012

Lactose_Intolerant said:
Yeah, he's terminal. I probably wouldn't want to be in a chair for hours either if I had like 6 months to live.

Awful but I laughed. Good on Ron and all involved, great story.

GK86 · Jul 7, 2012

Pretty kickass of them.

I wonder what was the most outrageous wish ever made...

Slackbladder · Jul 7, 2012

I like Ron Perlman even more now.

bengraven · Jul 7, 2012

BladeoftheImmortal · Jul 7, 2012

We are never getting a Hell Boy 3 are we???

- J - D - · Jul 7, 2012

First Johnny Depp shows up at a high school in full Cap'n Jack attire, now Ron Perlman dons the Hellboy gear.

I gotta make a wish for Peter Weller to show up at my workplace as Robocop.

King Allant · Jul 7, 2012

I knew I like Ron Perlman for a reason.

Sean · Jul 7, 2012

Pretty nice of Ron Perlman.

GK86 said:
Pretty kickass of them.

I wonder what was the most outrageous wish ever made...

The 8 Most Badass Make-A-Wish Foundation Wishes

friskykillface · Jul 7, 2012

Haha B^) awesome story.

Ron Perlman is always amazing, lol that pic made me laugh.

Ashodin · Jul 7, 2012

Dude this is fucking awesome

I can only imagine the conversations him and the kid had, especially if he was in character.

Jesus, that would make my day.

iammeiam · Jul 7, 2012

Aww, everyone involved in that did a good thing, and I always wonder if foundations like those style wishes more than some of the more routine ones.

Sean said:
The 8 Most Badass Make-A-Wish Foundation Wishes

Okay, kids banding together to save Gilligan is my new favorite wish.

Ashodin · Jul 7, 2012

Sean said:
Pretty nice of Ron Perlman.

The 8 Most Badass Make-A-Wish Foundation Wishes

The saving Gilligan wish

a deserted island off the coast of West Virginia.

off the coast of West Virginia

coast of West Virginia

I just looked up the actual newspaper clipping, so that is some shitty writing.

Ultima_5 · Jul 7, 2012

Ron Perlman sounds like a really nice guy.

Also, I want hellboy 3.

RiccochetJ · Jul 7, 2012

Sean said:
Pretty nice of Ron Perlman.

The 8 Most Badass Make-A-Wish Foundation Wishes

Ahhhh! A Cracked article! I can't help but read and then I go deeper and then I forget what I was doi

Lionel Mandrake · Jul 7, 2012

Maxrpg said:
Dude this is fucking awesome

I can only imagine the conversations him and the kid had, especially if he was in character.

Jesus, that would make my day.

Hopefully they had milk and cookies.

Fusebox · Jul 7, 2012

Sean said:
Pretty nice of Ron Perlman.

The 8 Most Badass Make-A-Wish Foundation Wishes

Not gonna lie, I was chokin up a bit by the time I got to the end of Electron boy.

SmithnCo · Jul 7, 2012

BladeoftheImmortal said:
We are never getting a Hell Boy 3 are we???

Maybe after Del Toro wraps up the billion other projects he has, lolol

Tesseract · Jul 7, 2012

john cena has done some ridiculous number of these. something in the hundreds i think.

*edit* looks like he's done 300 or so. pretty fucking impressive. john cena is an ok dude in my book.

funkystudent · Jul 7, 2012

Sean said:
Pretty nice of Ron Perlman.

The 8 Most Badass Make-A-Wish Foundation Wishes

That kid who wanting to kill a bear and wouldn't take no for a answer is awesome.

Also Make a wish is awesome. They have done some crazy things.

LQX · Jul 7, 2012

Nice! I love seeing these kids get their wish.

Cystm · Jul 7, 2012

Very cool.

xbhaskarx · Jul 7, 2012

funkystudent said:
That kid who wanting to kill a bear and wouldn't take no for a answer is awesome.

"If I'm gonna die I'm not going out alone!"

-NeoTB1- · Jul 7, 2012

Awesome!

Vermillion · Jul 7, 2012

Sean said:
Pretty nice of Ron Perlman.

The 8 Most Badass Make-A-Wish Foundation Wishes

Awww, this is awesome

triplestation · Jul 7, 2012

Kenai · Jul 7, 2012

I always wondered why Wheathoof sounded way different from most other Tauren. I never knew.

I get a weird mixture of happiness and depression reading those.

FStop7 · Jul 7, 2012

Sean said:
Pretty nice of Ron Perlman.

The 8 Most Badass Make-A-Wish Foundation Wishes

#8 got me so close to crying

GK86 · Jul 7, 2012

Sean said:
Pretty nice of Ron Perlman.

The 8 Most Badass Make-A-Wish Foundation Wishes

Thanks for the link. The wow one and superhero ones are top notch. Really cool of blizzard to do that for the kid.

Yeef · Jul 7, 2012

funkystudent said:
That kid who wanting to kill a bear and wouldn't take no for a answer is awesome.

Nope.

TheTruth523 · Jul 7, 2012

Fusebox said:
Not gonna lie, I was chokin up a bit by the time I got to the end of Electron boy.

me too

I read "This is the best day of my life" and I literally looked away and rubbed my eyes

I'm a sucker for this feelgood stuff.

Takao · Jul 7, 2012

For every soul crushing Gaborn thread we need 10 of these.

SoulPlaya · Jul 7, 2012

Very warming story.

NOW MAKE HELLBOY 3!!!!

funkystudent · Jul 7, 2012

Yeef said:
Nope.

ok maybe awesome is the wrong word but its such a crazy story.

And there is a bunch of videos about the electron boy stuff on youtube.

bangai-o · Jul 7, 2012

my taste in comics as a kid was awful.

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