{"id":136123,"date":"2024-12-03T03:38:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T03:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/wwdits-doug-jones-shares-fave-memories-from-6-seasons-as-the-baron\/"},"modified":"2024-12-03T03:38:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T03:38:32","slug":"wwdits-doug-jones-shares-fave-memories-from-6-seasons-as-the-baron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/wwdits-doug-jones-shares-fave-memories-from-6-seasons-as-the-baron\/","title":{"rendered":"WWDITS\u2019 Doug Jones Shares Fave Memories From 6 Seasons as the Baron"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Baron Afanas has always been a fan favorite on What We Do in the Shadows<\/em> \u2014 and actor Doug Jones<\/strong> has had just as much fun bringing him to life over the years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the Baron so much. I\u2019ve played so many characters over my career so far, and the Baron is a standout for me because I get to be so goofy and go as big as I want,\u201d Jones, 64, exclusively told Us Weekly<\/em> ahead of the Monday, December 2, episode. \u201cAnd that\u2019s a rare gift for an actor. They usually pull us back, as opposed to encouraging us to go bigger.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the latest episode of the FX comedy, all the vampires in the New York City area come together to honor the Baron as he receives an Eternal Lifetime Achievement Award. When Laszlo\u2019s monster accidentally kills someone, however, the gang has to fight off various vampire crews from the five boroughs.<\/p>\n

The Baron gets to sit out most of the drama, but Jones still describes \u201cCome Out and Play\u201d \u2014 inspired by 1979 cult classic The Warriors<\/em><\/a> \u2014 as one of his favorite WWDITS<\/em> episodes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe get to see all of these vampires from all the burgs around New York. You realize, \u2018Oh, the world is bigger than we thought it was,\u2019\u201d Jones explained. \u201cThat opened a door to like, \u2018Oh, there\u2019s more. There\u2019s so much more.\u2019 And the Baron, of course, being the narcissistic leader of all of them. \u2026 This is a great episode. It\u2019s a standout for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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That newly expanded world includes a cameo by Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd<\/strong>, who played vampire Eric Northman on True Blood<\/em><\/a> from 2008 to 2014. The actor, 48, stars as one of the vampires in attendance at the Baron\u2019s meeting to discuss finally conquering the New World.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m afraid I have no recollection of shooting this episode as Dr. Laszlo Cravensworth apparently hypnotized me at the wrap party,\u201d Skarsg\u00e5rd joked in a statement. \u201cBut I did wake up with an intense physical attraction to Dr. Cravensworth and found his extraordinary wit, charm and intelligence absolutely disarming. I have since started a YouTube fan page for him. It\u2019s called \u2018Because You\u2019re Cravens-worth It.\u2019 Please like, follow and subscribe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones, for his part, is happy that his own character seems to be going out on a high note \u2014 or at least finishing the series with his own face. When the Baron made his first appearance in season 1, he was a decrepit, gray creature buried under layers of prosthetics. He also spent some time as a burned husk, but now he gets to be his somewhat youthful self. It\u2019s been a welcome break for Jones, whose r\u00e9sum\u00e9 is full of horror monster roles where his entire body was hidden.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is a gift the writers gave me that I did not see coming,\u201d he told Us<\/em> of the Baron\u2019s transition to relative normalcy. \u201cIt\u2019s so funny because it does kind of parallel where I\u2019m at as an actor myself. I\u2019m 64 years old. The older I get, the older the process gets with the prosthetics and special effects makeup. \u2026 [The normal Baron] is really where my career has been heading. I\u2019ve been playing way more humans and using my own face way more now than I have with the rubber bits. So what a lovely transition this show has been to let the public and let other productions know, \u2018Doug\u2019s using his own face more now.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

His thick vampire accent, of course, is far less natural \u2014 in real life Jones is from Indianapolis \u2014 but it will live on among WWDITS<\/em> fans, who love to try out their Baron impressions when they meet the actor.<\/p>\n

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