You don't need to beat around the bush there, Jeremy Renner. Critics and fans gave the 2004 Hellboy two thumbs up, but that doesn't mean Renner had to like it. And he's allowed to say so without feeling the least bit bad about it. After all, before that contract is signed and your soul is sold, you've got the leverage. But it sounds like he just recognized he wouldn't have anything to offer the role. Things turned out how they were supposed to, at least for Ron Perlman's two Hellboy movies.