Before making a name for himself in films like Back to the Future, River’s Edge, and Wild at Heart, Crispin Glover danced his way into horror fans’ hearts as the ill-fated Jimmy Mortimer in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter.
As it’s not unprecedented for horror franchises to resurrect fan-favorite characters, I asked Glover during a recent conversation if he’d be interested in returning to the Friday the 13th franchise if the opportunity presented itself.
“For some reason, that really makes me laugh,” Glover guffaws.
“Anything is possible,” he says. “That is such an unlikely thing that would happen. It’s not something I’ve ever even contemplated. I don’t really see how that would happen, but you never say never, I suppose.
“It is funny to me how that particular film and franchise is such a thing, because it certainly wasn’t what I was in it for, but people really do like the Friday the 13th series.”
Glover recalls, “The same year — it might have been the very month — 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.”
He continues, “When 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.
“Because 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’t like I hated Friday the 13th, but I wasn’t compelled to go see another one of the movies.”
Glover acknowledges, “What 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’m not that drawn to the genre as a filmgoer, but I understand there are people that like it.”
When it came time to audition for Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Glover reflects, “It was the fourth part of a series that I hadn’t seen the second or third, so I wasn’t particularly thinking, ‘Wow, this will be great!’ I was thinking, ‘I need a job as an actor!’”
He adds, “I found the person I was going to be auditioning with through their agents. I knew by that time that it was good, if you’re going into an audition with somebody, to work with them before, just so energetically the scene played well.
“We 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,” he chuckles.
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.
Crispin Glover is currently touring with his new film, No! You’re Wrong. or: Spooky Action at a Distance.
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