brad loree played michael myers in the rob zombie remake.
brad loree played michael myers in the rob zombie remake.
who played michael myers in the rob zombie remake?
brad loree
at 6'2 wilbur played michael myers in "" and "". he was the first actor to portray michael myers more than once during the film series. the second actor to play michael myers more than once is tyler mane, who starred in the reboot of the halloween franchise, in "rob zombie's halloween" in 2007, and in 2009 reprised the role again in "rob zombie's h2". wilbur also was credited as a stunt player in "", another "halloween" sequel, although not in the role of michael myers. his career as a stuntman lasted for 40 years and involved over 100 television and film projects beginning with stand in work for john wayne in 1966. he is a member of the hollywood stuntmen's hall of fame.
george p. wilbur
after "halloween iii" was released, michael myers was brought back into the franchise with 1988's "the return of michael myers", where he has stayed for the remainder of the series. four more sequels would follow, between 1988 and 2002, before the series would take a break for five years. on june 4, 2006, dimension films announced that rob zombie, director of "house of 1000 corpses" and "the devil's rejects", would be creating the next installment in the "halloween" franchise. bob weinstein approached rob zombie about making the film, and zombie, who was a fan of the original "halloween" and friend of john carpenter, jumped at the chance to make a "halloween" film for dimension films. before dimension went public with the news, zombie felt obligated to inform john carpenter, out of respect, of the plans to remake his film. carpenter's request was for zombie to "make it his own [film]". zombie's film would combine the elements of prequel and remake with the original concept, with considerable original content in the new film. zombie also wanted to reinvent the character, as he felt michael, along with freddy krueger, jason voorhees, and pinhead, had become too familiar to audiences, and as a result, less scary. zombie delved deeper into michael myers's mythology. michael's mask was even given its own story to provide an explanation as to why he wears it, instead of having the character simply steal a random mask from a hardware store, as in the original film. zombie wanted to bring michael closer to what a psychopath really is, and wanted the mask to be a way for michael to hide.
halloween (franchise)