Hes never less than brilliant, basically, and hes always worth watching, whatever hes in.

How are you today?

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Oh dear, Im sorry.

So, youre in the new series ofFalling Skies.

Can you tell us a bit about your character?

So I am a new species of alien that has landed at the end of season two.

And in season three, youll get to know me as something of an ally.

Im here to help!

Its Cheechock il Sneetch-nitch Chatico.

Yeah, youll hear it a couple episodes in.

[laughing] But thats my name in the Volm language.

Why would this alien species land from another planet and help the humans fight off the bad aliens?

Thatll be the question you ask yourself, and thats the question that I cant even answer.

What initially appealed to you about this role?

First of all, I was a fan of the show anyway.

Id seen the first season and loved it.

When youre with that calibre of actor, it only raises your own game.

If youre gonna play opposite someone like that, you really need to bring your A-game.

So it has challenged me.

So I wanted to see if I could pull it off.

Now were done filming season three, I think I did.

I hope I did, and the audience will now tell me if I did.

Im sure you did!

This role, like so many of your roles, involves a lot of makeup and prosthetics.

How do you develop a character when you cant really see your face?

Well, you do a lot of subtle gestures with your head.

Physicality plays a more important part when your face is covered with a layer of latex foam rubber.

They did a great job of finding the performance I was giving and digitising it.

Dont forget those eyes those are very important.

Which may be misleading, right?

Wink wink, I dont know!

You started out as a mime, right?

Is that where that comes from?

I did, yeah.

And those early silent era actors were quite an inspiration to me.

Those are things we have here I hope that some of those titles played in the UK?

It seems like this post-apocalyptic theme is hitting us in the face a lot now, isnt it?

Where are we headed?

and it boosts our human spirit.

It gives us an underdog-fighting-back-that-might-be-the-top-dog-again mentality, I think.

Thats a really wonderful way to look at it, I think.

Whats he like to work with?

Oh, hes my favourite director ever.

Every director I work with knows Guillermo comes first.

Hes my first love when it comes to directors!

Hes everything you would guess he would be to work with.

Hed be your best friend.

And its because hes a geeky fanboy who makes movies that would get him excited.

He has a really good meter in his heart of what attracts a fanboy, because he is one!

So is there any news onHellboy 3?

I have nothing to report.

Whats it like doing something where you’ve got the option to show your face?

Is that a very different experience?

It is, yes.

In the last few years Ive been doing a lot more of my own face.

I love being a part of that and helping young directors along.

Doug Jones, thank you very much!

Falling Skies series three starts on the 16th of July on FOX in the UK.

Read our spoiler-filled reviews of season three,here.