The man behind Roy?

[CharIie]

Guys, just wondering, do we know who plays Roy? I mean, has it been the same dude all through the albums/videos, or do they just pick the first random dude and ask him to put on the cape?

 

[<Arcane>]

Ehm, Roy's a fictive Reaper. There's no man "behind" the cape who stands still for a cover shoot.

 

[CharIie]

Well, there was for the music videos

 

[<Arcane>]

Yeah, but it's not Roy

I think the guy in the videos is just some random dude, crew member, guy from the street,...

 

[CharIie]

Yeah, that's what I wanted to know. Sad. I should offer CoB to take on Roy's role on stage, would be fun to have a reaper going around the stage XD

 

[tragician]

In the Roadkill photo book there's a pic from the Blooddrunk cover shooting where you can see his face and he at least looks a lot like Ewo Pohjola

 

[(__Joonas__)]

Like there's many Santa Clauses, there's many Reapers. Roy is the one that resides over at Lake Bodom (except for a visit to New York(?) that lasted from 2003-2011) and his job is to claim all the lonely drunkards lost around the lake, the ones that are subconsciously drawn to it. The lake is just kind of symbolism for the Abyss and the dark comforts and powers it gives at the moment of despair (the "comfort" of suicide, the blissful blur of alcohol, the power of blind rage, etc), but it's not easy to get your soul back once you lose it there. He doesn't bother innocent souls, however, only the fucked up ones and those too disturbed/mistreated to fit into the normal life.