Luckily for Jason Liles, no one will ever mistake him for the Chatterer in real life. The tall, lanky actor hopes to be the next Andy Serkis or Doug Jones and is known for portraying otherworldly characters through mo-cap technology, which is something that has interested him ever since he watched “Lord of the Rings.” “What got me involved is I found that was where I fit, with those otherworldly type of characters,” he told Hidden Remote. “That’s where I fit best because I’m 6’9, and I looked at people who did that like Doug Jones — who most recently did “Shape of Water” and “Star Trek Discovery” and figured well I should try to follow in his footsteps.”
A fantastic performance as Ryuk, the death God, in 2017’s “Death Note,” helped connect him with visual effects supervisor Colin Strause, who then recommended him for the role of the gorilla, George, in “Rampage,” co-starring Dwayne Johnson. “It really was an amazing set of circumstances that led to me getting Rampage,” he told Hidden Remote. “I couldn’t have gotten it without my friend Colin Strause. I couldn’t have gotten it if I wasn’t on Death Note. So it’s interesting the set of dominoes that led to that.”
Liles is also no stranger to playing monsters, both real and costumed. In 2020 he co-starred in the series “Stereoscope” as The Reek, a creature from another dimension that is hunting a woman who has found a toy stereoscope that can see the dead and the different dimensions of life and death. Whenever the stereoscope is used, The Reek is able to enter the living world. Liles’ last film before “Hellraiser” was “Aftermath,” co-starring Ashley Greene and Shawn Ashmore. He played Otto, a murderer who has been stalking a young couple while secretly living in their home.
Liles has definitely been showing that he is capable of portraying characters of all depths, and with his enthusiasm for mo-cap, which Andy Serkis predicts will only get better at capturing the nuances of actors’ performances, Liles is definitely someone we will see a lot more of.
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