HELLRAISER Star Doug Bradley Wants to Play an Older, Darker Version of Pinhead Then Retire From the Character
Doug Bradley, the star of the original Hellraiser films, wants to reprise his role as Pinhead one final time, with a film adaptation of another Clive Barker book.
During an interview with Bloody Disgusting, Bradley explains that he likes the idea of playing pinhead again, in a way that better reflects his age, and Clive Barker’s 2015 novel The Scarlet Gospels is the novel he envisions for the project. Bradley explained:
“If we did that, we could maybe present an older Pinhead to be aware of the fact that I am the age I am, that time and gravity does what time and gravity does. An older, darker Pinhead would intrigue me, one not so much in love with the flippant one-liners and the witty comebacks and so forth.”
In The Scarlet Gospels, the long-beleaguered detective Harry D'Amour, investigator of all supernatural, magical, and malevolent crimes trvels to the Underworld where he faces off against his formidable, and intensely evil rival, Pinhead, the priest of hell as he attempts to take over Hell. It’s the closing chapter in Pinhead’s story.
Bradley went on to say: “That would be the perfect bookend to my life in latex, if I can put it that way. I’ve never turned my back completely on the character, but realistically, I think that’s probably that, and that’s fine. I’m proud of what we did with the movies, and I’m proud of my work in it. I’m cool with being where I am now.”
Pinhead was portrayed by Jamie Clayton in David Bruckner’s 2022 Hellraiser reboot. In regards to that Bradley says he had “a positive response, coupled with a slight disappointment, to be honest. That’s not a judgment on her at all.”
He explains: “I thought that the design elements of the remake were really the star of the show. I loved what they’d done with the redesign of the box. That metal grid around the house, I had no idea why it was there, but it was certainly very cool. And all the stuff going on up in the ceiling, great!”
Would you be interested in seeing Doug Bradley play Pinhead one last time in an adaptation of The Scarlet Gosples.