Before making a name for himself in films like Back to the Future, River\u2019s Edge, and Wild at Heart, Crispin Glover danced his way into horror fans\u2019 hearts as the ill-fated Jimmy Mortimer in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter.<\/p>\n
As it\u2019s not unprecedented for horror franchises to resurrect fan-favorite characters, I asked Glover during a recent conversation if he\u2019d be interested in returning to the Friday the 13th franchise if the opportunity presented itself.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor some reason, that really makes me laugh,\u201d Glover guffaws.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnything is possible,\u201d he says. \u201cThat is such an unlikely thing that would happen. It\u2019s not something I\u2019ve ever even contemplated. I don\u2019t really see how that would happen, but you never say never, I suppose.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is funny to me how that particular film and franchise is such a thing, because it certainly wasn\u2019t what I was in it for, but people really do like the Friday the 13th series.\u201d<\/p>\n
Glover recalls, \u201cThe same year \u2014 it might have been the very month \u2014 that the first Friday the 13th came out, there was a re-release of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. I was 16, and I was seeing a lot of films, driving around Los Angeles. That was an important year for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continues, \u201cWhen I saw Texas Chain Saw Massacre as the re-release, I liked it. I thought it was an interesting movie. And then I went and saw Friday the 13th, the first one, in its first run at the movie theater.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I had just seen Texas Chain Saw Massacre, to me, it seemed derivative. My sense was Texas Chain Saw Massacre was the better film. It wasn\u2019t like I hated Friday the 13th, but I wasn\u2019t compelled to go see another one of the movies.\u201d<\/p>\n
Glover acknowledges, \u201cWhat it really is, is that the entire slasher film genre is essentially all derivative of the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. I thought that was a good movie. I\u2019m not that drawn to the genre as a filmgoer, but I understand there are people that like it.\u201d<\/p>\n
When it came time to audition for Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Glover reflects, \u201cIt was the fourth part of a series that I hadn\u2019t seen the second or third, so I wasn\u2019t particularly thinking, \u2018Wow, this will be great!\u2019 I was thinking, \u2018I need a job as an actor!’\u201d<\/p>\n
He adds, \u201cI found the person I was going to be auditioning with through their agents. I knew by that time that it was good, if you\u2019re going into an audition with somebody, to work with them before, just so energetically the scene played well.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe rehearsed it, and then went in and did the audition, and I got the part. I was glad I got the part, because I needed to work,\u201d he chuckles.<\/p>\n
Released in 1984, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter saw Jason Voorhees return to stalk a group of friends renting a house near Crystal Lake.<\/p>\n