Paul Warren is a British actor known for roles in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres, often wearing heavy prosthetic makeup and/or creature suits. He is probably most known for playing 'Varmik' a hassk thug in, but has also appeared in such films as ', Guardians of the Galaxy, ', Clash of the Titans, World War Z and Ghost Stories
He began his film career as a body double for Daniel Radcliffe on the film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: "I spent much of my time 20ft up in the air on the hydraulic broomstick system and doing other physically demanding activities during the shoot, whilst building a good rapport with the cast/crew and a reputation as a versatile performer". In 2007, he was recommended to the legendary Stan Winston Studio as a good choice to portray an emaciated version of the title character in The Deaths of Ian Stone. Crediting Winston and his team, he said, "This door opening into the world of acting under silicone and foam latex, is what ultimately led to a film career playing characters in heavy prosthetics and creature suits". His first creature performing role was in 2009, where he played a tortured soul who pulls the boat across the river styx in the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans. In 2010, Paul was used as a visual effect double for skinny Steve Rogers in '. He was the original template for Skinny Steve in the pre-production VFX head replacement tests and was on set for the recruitment scene as a visual reference. Body double duties for the rest of production were performed by stage actorLeander Deeny. On getting the role of Varmik, one of the Hassk triplet's in ', he says, "It felt very surreal. I wasn’t told what it was that I was being asked to go in for; only that the production was putting together a team of core creature performers for a film at Pinewood Studios. I had been recommended to them by creature designer and makeup artistMartin Rezard, who I had worked with previously on Guardians of the Galaxy and." Varmik is of particular interest to Star Wars fans due to his origin: "The character is based on 2 classic pieces of Ralph McQuarrie's Star Warsproduction art from 1975. The cantina showdown and early Chewbacca designs. The former is a particular favorite of J. J. Abrams' that he wanted to bring to life on screen." In, Paul plays a Dowager alien in the Canto Bight casino. The character created quite a buzz online when it was revealed by director Rian Johnson that the animatronic space pug it holds was based on Carrie Fisher's very own pet pooch Gary, affectionately known on set as Space Gary.
