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Perlman’s Greatest Hits

ANY ACTOR’S CAREER can be boiled down to a few moments; those times when a scene is elevated or transformed by the choices they make. With over 250 credits to his name, Ron Perlman has more moments than most to choose from, but we still managed to whittle it down to six, and asked him to talk us through them.

THE NAME OF THE ROSE (1986)

Wrongly condemned to burn at the stake, Perlman’s hunchback, Salvatore, bursts into a lullaby, ‘Ninna Nanna Sette E Venti’…

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