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I dont think it is TOO correct to give jason or michael's actors a great deal of credit. They were low budget movies, and the guys who go tthe roles did repeatedly because of ties to the director, not any degree of talent. Although the stories behind them might be complex, Michael and Jason themselves are very 1 dimensional.
Good call on Kevin Peter Hall. he made his characters LIVE. For that matter, the guy in the creature costume in Alien did an excellent job. Im not knocking the other two guys, but when the character is devoid of any emoition or personality, its just not asking much of the actor.
On the other end of the scale, take a killer who has deep feelings and beliefs tied to his murders, for example, John Doe. NOBODY but kevin Spacey could have pulled that character off like that.
"Only in a world this sick could you call these people "innocent" with a striaght face...."
He had HATE. The other guys have motivation, but for Jason, you have to see the first couple of movies toget it, and with Michael, well, we're lucky Donald Pleasance kept coming back.
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