Also starring are Ron Perlman (inevitably), Idris Elba (wisely) and Burn Gorman, continuing his vertiginous ascent from the peat bogs of Torchwood.

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Ron Perlman is a man born for prosthetics.

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It's easy to believe, given the difficulties of making any movie that's halfway decent, let alone a labor of love. (The filmmaker also refused to make it without Ron Perlman, despite pressures to cast a more bankable star.) Among Mr. del Toro's colleagues in this elegant enterprise are the production designer Stephen Scott and the editor Peter Amundson.

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