Yoo Talks New Jason in Friday the 13th
Source:Edward Douglas
September 6, 2008
Actor Aaron Yoo is no stranger to the horror genre having starred in DreamWorks' 2007 hit thriller
Disturbia with Shia LaBeouf, but next year, he's one of the young stars going back to basics when he stars in Platinum Dunes' relaunch of the classic slasher franchise
Friday the 13th.
In Toronto for the premiere of his new movie
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Yoo told ShockTillYouDrop.com a few things about the upcoming remake.
"I think the biggest difference is that Jason is fast, and he's realistic," he began.
"It's not the kind of horror movie where stalk slowly, run fast and somebody catches up, there's none of the teleportation thing (from past movies)...the basic storyline idea of Jason is the same, and he's got this 2 and a half foot machete."
Along with John Carpenter's
Halloween, the original
Friday the 13th, released 28 years ago, created some of the horror cliches that have been diligently followed in so many other teen horror movies, including most of the previous Jason Voorhees movies where we know exactly who's going to die. We wondered if the same was going to be true for Yoo's character, who presumably plays the funny guy who never survives a slasher flick. (And there's a fairly big SPOILER WARNING in his response.)
"There are horror conventions that are there because they work. Like when my characters goes to this toolshed by himself, you know what's going to happen, that's partially the point. I spent 14 hours covered, covered, covered in fake blood and that is the worst situation you could ever be in...it's the grossest. But yeah, from what I'm hearing and what we were trying to do, is that it might be one of the most well-made horror movies that you'll see. I'm hearing really, really good things about it. We're calling it 'F13' and I don't know if that will actually wind up being a tagline for it, but I know our Platinum Dunes guys, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, they did Texas Chainsaw Massacre, they told me this is the best movie they've made."
Considering the raging debates that have surrounded movies like Zack Snyder's remake of
Dawn of the Dead in terms of "slow zombies" vs. "fast zombies", we wondered whether the same sort of debat...es might surround the new movie.
"I don't know what kind of stuff it's going to start. I've always loved horror movies and they took a piece to Comic Con, and it just struck me how crazy and rabidpeople who love horror movies, it's a really big obsession," Yoo said.
Friday the 13th will open Friday, February 13, 2009.
Comments
Posted by: brandon_fear on September 6, 2008 at 20:40:04
Honestly, I loved the remake to TCM and the Beginning prequel.
So I'm assuming if Fuller and Form said this is the best horror film they've made, then this is sure to be just as good as TCM. I have high hopes.
Posted by: The Stupendous Yappi on September 7, 2008 at 00:39:02
Oh my gawd, I can't wait....
BTW- Didn't cha mean 28 years ago?
Posted by: noob on September 7, 2008 at 14:42:21
they did say 28 years ago you idiot.
Posted by: DancesWithWerewolves on September 7, 2008 at 16:02:44
The teleporting thing was in one movie (Manhattan) , and I really hope they don't glorify the machete. Jason uses an assortment of tools. The series went down the tube when he started using a machete almost exclusively. A fast Jason is nothing new, especially if these guys actually WATCHED parts 2-4.
Posted by: The Chud on September 7, 2008 at 19:53:04
Yeah, I'm kinda confused as to why everybody seems to think that Jason was always this lumbering hulk that never ran. One of my favorite parts in the second Friday the 13th was when Jason was chasing Ginny. She hid behind that tree and waited, and when Jason ran up, she kicked him in the balls! It actually stalled him for a bit, so it'll be nice to see scenes in that vein again.
Posted by: BornDeadIcon on September 7, 2008 at 23:18:32
Yeah... I kinda remember him being just a creeper in some hillybilly clothes creepin'... He used an underwater bow to shoot a girl in the face once, that was cool.
Posted by: francesco on September 8, 2008 at 05:09:19
their best movie ever???
wow i wanna bleive this.
when the trailer?
Posted by: Kenny on September 8, 2008 at 08:31:27
I still have no idea why Jason is even in a friday the 13th remake.
Posted by: Ryan Rotten on September 8, 2008 at 09:47:58
Because it's not a "remake."
Posted by: Judson on September 8, 2008 at 18:14:12
They should call this Part 12, or Part 13 if you count FvJ as part of the series. Essentially the last few in the series were just rehashes of the first 6 anyway, so I'm not too upset about this remake. If they actually remade the real Friday the 13th then I'd be pissed.
This one will be pretty bloody, and I'd imagine the film will glorify him like they do in Parts 6 and 7. I'm cool with more Jason, its exciting, kinda feels like being 10 again and going to see Manhattan in the theatres. I just wish Victor Crowley or Leslie Vernon were shown on as many screens as Voorhees, time to graduate to a new age of slasher.
Posted by: Judson on September 8, 2008 at 18:17:49
Before I get annihilated...they should call it PART 11, or PART 12 if you count FvJ.
Posted by: On a Pale Horse on September 9, 2008 at 15:26:53
Why do people always think Jason can teleport? People always cite the disco scene from part 8. Kelly Hu's character used drugs in the previous scene so her mind/senses were altered. She then encountered Jason in a room with strobe lights and music. She was on drugs, and extremely scared so it appeared to her Jason was everywhere. He was not teleporting.
Posted by: swamp_yeti on September 12, 2008 at 15:55:06
the word relaunch shouldn't eve exist. at this point they're just beating a spot where there used to be a dead horse.
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