derek mears played jason in the 2009 friday the 13th.
derek mears played jason in the 2009 friday the 13th.
who played jason in the 2009 friday the 13th?
derek mears
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friday the 13th is a 2009 american slasher film directed by marcus nispel and written by damian shannon and mark swift. the film is a reboot and the twelfth installment of the "friday the 13th" film series, which began in 1980. this film follows clay miller (jared padalecki) as he searches for his missing sister, whitney (amanda righetti), who is captured by jason voorhees (derek mears) while camping in woodland at crystal lake.
friday the 13th (2009 film)
kane hodder took over the role in "the new blood", and played jason in the next four films. he previously worked alongside director john carl buechler on a film called "prison". based on his experience working with hodder, buechler petitioned frank mancuso jr. to hire him, but mancuso was apprehensive about hodder's limited size. knowing he planned to use full body prosthetics, buechler scheduled a test screening, the first in "friday the 13th" history for the character, and mancuso immediately gave hodder approval upon seeing him. it is buechler's contention that hodder gave jason his first true personality, based on the emotions, specifically the rage, that hodder would emit while acting the part. according to hodder, he wanted to "get in touch with jason's thirst for revenge" and try to better understand his motivation to kill. after viewing the previous films, hodder decided that he would approach jason as a more "quick and agile" individual than he had been portrayed in the previous sequels. john carl buechler felt that kane had "natural affinity for the role"—so much that kane's appearance, when wearing the mask, would often terrify the cast, the crew, and in one incident a lone stranger that he came across on his walk back to his trailer. initially frank mancuso jr. and barbara sachs planned to use a canadian stuntperson for "jason takes manhattan". hodder acted as his own voice, calling and requesting that he be allowed to reprise the role; the ultimate decision was left to director rob hedden, who intended to use hodder, because he felt hodder knew the lore of the series. with sean cunningham's return as producer for "jason goes to hell", hodder felt his chances of reprising the role were even better: hodder had worked as cunningham's stunt coordinator for years. regardless, adam marcus, the director for "jason goes to hell", always intended to hire hodder for the role. "jason x" would mark hodder's last performance as jason, to date. todd farmer, who wrote the screenplay for "jason x", knew hodder would play jason from the beginning. jim isaac was a fan of hodder's work on the previous films, so hiring him was an easy decision.
jason voorhees