Friday, August 8, 2003
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We've heard it all before and we'll hear it again and again. But what is the real reason why Kane Hodder wasn't cast in Freddy vs Jason? This could end up being one of lifes little mysteries, or you can just read on for Sean Cunningham's reasoning...
"Sean Cunningham?who created the Friday the 13th film franchise and returns as producer of the upcoming Freddy vs. Jason?told SCI FI Wire that the filmmakers weren't unhappy with longtime Jason actor Kane Hodder when they opted to go with a new actor, Ken Kirzinger, in the film. "Not at all," Cunningham said in an interview at the recent Comic-Con International. "I'm a big fan of Kane, and Kane would have been just fine. This was just something else that we did. Ken had, in fact, understudied him, or stunt doubled for him."
"Kirzinger, a stunt man and actor, is no stranger to masked or genre roles, having appeared as a werewolf in Bad Moon, Bigfoot in MacGyver and as stunt coordinator on The X-Files."
"Cunningham said New Line wanted to introduce Jason to a new audience, as well as to please fans of the Friday the 13th franchise. "I think that we felt that the mission of Freddy vs. Jason ... is you're targeting three basic audiences: the audiences that grew up with these movies initially, audiences like myself who saw the later movies in the theater, and then the audiences that discover these now," Cunningham said. "I think we all sort of felt that we wanted to ... really take the Jason archetype? ... that clean hockey mask from parts like III and IV?with the zombie-fied Jason from Jason Lives and sort of go that route. ... Ken's Jason is probably an amalgamation of what has come before. Really, I think, he has made a quintessential take on the character, and it's actually the angriest you've ever seen Jason, and it plays really well."
"Kirzinger's stature?he's 6-foot-5?also played a part in his inheriting the role. Filmmakers wanted to "draw almost a David-and-Goliath sort of visual imagery between Jason and Freddy," Cunningham said. "When they're up next to each other, Freddy [Robert Englund] is up to his chest, and Jason looks about as badass as he's ever looked."
Make sure to check out the official site. Freddy vs. Jason opens Aug. 15.
Source: Sci-Fi Wire
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