Before he found his niche playing killers and monsters, American actor and stuntman Derek Mears grew up bothered by his looks.
At 1.96m tall, with a deep voice and no body hair due to alopecia, the 48-year-old actor is the titular monster in the horror series Swamp Thing. He says in a video interview with regional press: "When my hair fell out and my voice grew deeper, I realised I was scaring people around me.
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