{"id":211525,"date":"2025-10-19T18:34:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T18:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/211525\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T18:34:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T18:34:15","slug":"horror-icon-who-played-the-brother-of-legendary-villain-leatherface-enjoys-spooky-season-stroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/211525\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror icon who played the brother of legendary villain Leatherface enjoys spooky season stroll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A horror icon who famously portrayed Leatherface&#8217;s brother\u00a0in <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/texas\/index.html\" id=\"mol-260b5c10-aa11-11f0-8fcf-05a19555519c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas<\/a> Chainsaw Massacre 2 was looking a far cry from his villainous character.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">This star was spotted enjoying a relaxed stroll through\u00a0the <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/los-angeles\/index.html\" id=\"mol-260a2390-aa11-11f0-8fcf-05a19555519c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Los Angeles<\/a> county suburb of <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/valencia\/index.html\" id=\"mol-260b8320-aa11-11f0-8fcf-05a19555519c\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Valencia<\/a> with his wife\u00a0and their dogs on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">This actor&#8217;s impressive resume boasts a number of cult horror films, with roles in The Devil&#8217;s Rejects, House of 1000 Corpses, Carniv\u00e0le, and Repo! The Genetic Opera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He is likely best known for portraying Chop Top, the sibling to the chainsaw-wielding cannibal, in 1986&#8217;s\u00a0The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In more recent years, he starred opposite <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/nicolas-cage\/index.html\" id=\"mol-25e81ca0-aa11-11f0-8fcf-05a19555519c\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nicolas Cage<\/a> in Prisoners of the Ghostland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Can you guess who this star is?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d3412e1e7fc2c1e1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/103023227-15195719-image-a-21_1760563065085.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A horror icon who famously portrayed Leatherface's brother in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 was looking a far cry from his villainous character\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A horror icon who famously portrayed Leatherface&#8217;s brother in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 was looking a far cry from his villainous character<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">If you guessed Bill Moseley, you&#8217;re right!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In a major contrast from his horror personas, this actor rocked a blue crewneck sweatshirt, baseball hat, and khakis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He was spotted with his spouse\u00a0Lucinda Jenney, who looked after one dog while he reigned in two others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Moseley, 73, was a far cry from his terrifying characters as he stepped out for a moment of fresh air with his family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The five made their way down the street, with Moseley and Jenney bundled up for the brisk outing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">With his casual attire, unsuspecting passerby would likely be completely unaware they were passing by the man who has portrayed numerous terrifying characters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It&#8217;s a genre Moseley truly enjoys working in, despite suspicions about being typecast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It\u2019s a load of fun to do that. But I think there\u2019s a pigeonholing. I don\u2019t think I\u2019m going to be the lead in any romantic comedies anytime soon. Although I\u2019d certainly like to try,&#8217; he told <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/article\/2012\/06\/13\/bill-moseley-interview-tortured-texas-chainsa\/\">Entertainment Weekly <\/a>in 2012.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-e9a7aff17f22b11\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/103024803-15195719-It_s_Bill_Moseley_He_famously_portrayed_Chop_Top_Leatherface_s_b-a-2_176088567393.jpeg\" height=\"434\" width=\"634\" alt=\"It's Bill Moseley! He famously portrayed Chop-Top, Leatherface's brother, in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">It&#8217;s Bill Moseley! He famously portrayed Chop-Top, Leatherface&#8217;s brother, in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-8c8abba9fdb17d3c\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/103023211-15195719-The_actor_and_his_wife_actress_Lucinda_Jenney_were_bundled_up_fo-a-3_176088567399.jpeg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The actor and his wife, actress Lucinda Jenney, were bundled up for the autumnal outing\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The actor and his wife, actress Lucinda Jenney, were bundled up for the autumnal outing\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Moseley&#8217;s IMDb extends back to 1982, with his first-ever credited role in the drama Endangered Species, a film about an investigation into unusual cattle mutilations in rural Colorado.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He landed the role of Chop-Top just a few years later and has remained in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre family ever since, portraying multiple characters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He played Drayton &#8216;The Cook&#8217; Sawyer in 2013&#8217;s Texas Chainsaw 3-D, a role that was previously inhabited by the late James Nash Siedow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It&#8217;s a film series that Moseley and others can&#8217;t help but notice is filmed during particularly hot seasons.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">So stifling, indeed, Moseley recounted how his shirt was completely soaked through with sweat while filming Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3-D.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-e3257159cf633550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/103026833-15195719-The_actor_s_wife_appeared_to_be_waiting_on_a_furry_family_member-a-6_176088567434.jpeg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The actor's wife appeared to be waiting on a furry family member\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The actor&#8217;s wife appeared to be waiting on a furry family member\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2660e33e5600fe74\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/103024799-15195719-Moseley_s_look_on_Tuesday_was_certainly_a_far_cry_from_his_chara-a-5_176088567412.jpeg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Moseley's look on Tuesday was certainly a far cry from his character (center) in House Of 1000 Corpses\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Moseley&#8217;s look on Tuesday was certainly a far cry from his character (center) in House Of 1000 Corpses<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-282978d3547fcaa7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/103024805-15195719-His_impressive_role_of_horror_films_includes_a_part_in_The_Devil-a-1_176088567393.jpeg\" height=\"359\" width=\"634\" alt=\"His impressive role of horror films includes a part in The Devil's Carnival\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">His impressive role of horror films includes a part in The Devil&#8217;s Carnival<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ad1ab459e2db825\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/103024801-15195719-Moseley_pictured_with_long_hair_also_was_in_the_2005_film_The_De-a-4_176088567401.jpeg\" height=\"429\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Moseley, pictured with long hair, also was in the 2005 film The Devil's Rejects\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Moseley, pictured with long hair, also was in the 2005 film The Devil&#8217;s Rejects<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I was down there for a good week in Shreveport right in the middle of summer. I know what you\u2019re talking about in terms of a hot set,&#8217; he told EW.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I was wearing, like, a fat shirt. It was basically a T-shirt stuffed with a bunch of cotton because they thought that the Cook, the Jim Siedow character, has a paunch. Which really I don\u2019t think he did.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I think he just had an awkward posture. Anyway, they had me wearing this T-shirt with a bunch of cotton padding in it and it really ended up kind of [soaking up] all my sweat. So by the end of the day my stuffed shirt weighed a good 20 pounds. [Laughs].&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The weather was so hot that Moseley was even somewhat envious of the chickens on set, who were inside\u00a0&#8216;air-conditioned cases&#8217; with an ASPCA officer ensuring they were being taken care of.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I was sweating and nobody was even offering me a bottle of water. I was just looking, and thinking, \u201cI\u2019d be much better off if I was a chicken on this set!\u201d&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A horror icon who famously portrayed Leatherface&#8217;s brother\u00a0in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 was looking a far cry from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[97,96,99,2839,38007,478,56,54,55,67835],"class_list":["post-211525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-dailymail","tag-entertainment","tag-los-angeles","tag-movies","tag-nicolas-cage","tag-tvshowbiz","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-valencia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}