#13 - Kane Hodder (Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th, Victor Crowley in Hatchet)
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Kane Hodder, legendary actor and stuntman behind Jason Voorhees and Victor Crowley, joins us in the Crypt for Episode 13!
From his love of the number 13 to almost playing Freddy Krueger, Kane shares never-before-heard stories that made him into a horror icon.Tune in as Kane reveals his early days of scaring people, his intense stunt training, the personal Easter eggs he includes in his films, and his opinions on the other actors who have portrayed Jason Voorhees.
We’ll dive into the infamous Freddy vs. Jason controversy, his ghost hunting adventures, favorite horror conventions, a peculiar connection to John Wayne Gacy, and more!
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00:00 - Introduction 00:48 - Taking a shot, drinking with fans at conventions, and getting sued for choking someone 05:18 - The Number 13, Watching Pt. 7 in 1988 at the Chinese Theater, Getting Famous, Doing 180 Films 09:10 - Collectibles, Playing Frankenstein, Adam Green Regenerating Kane's Horror Career with 'Hatchet', Jason Voorhees' Continuity Errors 15:43 - Doing Podcasts and Interviews 18:23 - Scaring People Since Age 9 21:17 - Getting into Stunt Acting, Going to Stunt School With Another Actor That Played Jason Voorhees, High-Falls, Fear of Heights, and Getting Older 26:26 - Stunt Coordinating vs. Stunt Acting, Do Certain Actors ACTUALLY do their own stunts? Getting injured on set, Paramount Made Ken Kurzinger Do Kane's stunt on F12 Pt8. Getting hit by cars and falling down stairs 33:57 - Which stunts ALWAYS suck? Getting more dialogue roles at an older age 39:07 - Revolutionizing the role of Jason Voorhees, Kane was a huge fan before being cast as Jason Voorhees 43:18 - Pt 7's Censorship, MPAA Censorship of Horror in the 80s, Jason Voorhees' Consistency Throughout Movies 46:15 - Kane Hodder Almost Played Freddy Krueger Before Robert Englund 50:36 - John Wayne Gacy, Dean Corll, BTK, Ed Gein, Fascination with Serial Killers, Owning Murderabilia 58:14 - Putting his kids, friends, and hometown as Easter Eggs in his films 1:01:40 - Working with Adam Green, the balance of comedy and horror 1:03:10 - The way Kane gets into character to play a killer scares the cast, getting to kill more people on screen than anyone in history 1:06:07 - The only person Kane has ever injured 1:07:27 - F13 was so popular they changed the name of Jason Voorhees, why everyone loves Jason Voorhees, which Friday the 13th Kane loved acting in the most 1:12:17 - Jason Takes Manhattan 1:16:07 - Embracing horror stardom, breaking out of "the horror ghetto" 1:19:48 - The growing popularity of horror conventions 1:21:40 - Kane premiers a never-before-seen kill video 1:27:22 - Pulling someone's head apart in Hatchet, punching another person's head off in F13 1:30:32 - Seeing co-stars at conventions, fun photo-ops, and Favorite conventions around the U.S. 1:34:01 - Playing Leatherface and Jason Voorhees in video games, doing mocap 1:39:23 - The Freddy vs. Jason Controversy, Kane Was Snubbed for the Role, planning Freddy vs. Jason since Jason Goes to Hell 1:53:24 - Kane weighs in on the other actors that played Jason Voorhees, when studios made him step away on stunts for Friday th 13th Pt 8. Cameo in Jason Goes To Hell. Who wins a real-life Freddy vs. Jason? 2:04:15 - Kane's Ghost Hunting Group, Paranormal Experiences, Afterlife 2:16:11 - Doppelgängers and Working on The Devil's Rejects 2:20:02 - Favorite Directors, Directors Kane Would Love to Work With, Wanting to do Comedies, Kane's 'Candid Farts' Show 2:25:45 - Writing a Screenplay, Kane's Newest Venture After Anesthesia 2:33:19 - Kane Hodder's Burn Incident that Gave Him 3rd Degree Burns on 65% of His Body, Connecting With Others Through It. The Beauty of the Horror Community. 2:41:22 - In Hollywood, Heroes are Villains and Villains are Heroes 2:44:11 - Fears, The Power of the Mind, and Getting Older 2:53:38 - Looking Back on an Iconic Career 2:56:45 - Outro
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