In his EW interview, Álvarez said of this: "If Gunnar had been alive, I'm pretty sure he would have played, so we were trying to find someone that could have been Gunnar today."Īs this, suggests, the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre sees a much older Leatherface than usual. As Gunnar Hansen died in 2015, the role has been taken by actor Mark Burnham. Also recast due to the original actor's death is Leatherface. Except unlike Halloween, which brought back original actress Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, Sally actress Marilyn Burns died in 2014.Īs such, in the Netflix film the role is filled by Olwen Fouéré, star of Netflix's Cursed and the second Fantastic Beasts film. In this case, it is Sally, the final girl from the 1974 original. Like the 2018 Halloween, the new Chainsaw Massacre brings an original character back from the original film. These people arriving in this town are going to awaken the giant." Which characters return from the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre? He's been in hiding for a long, long time, trying to be a good person. "This story will pick it up many, many years after the original story. You know, how do you catch a guy who has a mask? Once he removes the mask and runs away, it's very easy for him to hide somewhere.
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Per interviews with its writers, the Netflix movie sets itself as a sequel to the first film- and along the way, disregards much of the lore from the later sequels.Īs Fede Álvarez explained to Entertainment Weekly: "Our take on it was this guy probably disappeared after everything he's done. Mark Burnham as Leatherface in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." Original Leatherface actor Gunnar Hansen died in 2015.
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