Linda Cardellini was “Crystal Lake” creator Brad Caleb Kane’s only choice to play Pamela Voorhees – the mother of iconic horror villain Jason Voorhees.
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“It wasn’t challenging to find the right Pamela.
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I knew from the beginning that the only person that I wanted was Linda Cardellini,” Kane exclusively told The Post.
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He added, “I was very fortunate that she said yes.
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I didn’t know what I would do if she hadn’t!”
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In the twelve slasher flicks released from 1980 to 2009, the villain Jason Voorhees supposedly drowned at Camp Crystal Lake as a child.
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He returned for bloody revenge as an adult, donning a hockey mask and wielding a machete.
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In the first movie, his mom Pam Voorhees (played by Betsy Palmer) was the original killer.
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“Crystal Lake” follows Pam in the ‘70s, shortly after Jason’s (Callum Vinson) drowning.
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She’s convinced that her son is still alive since a body was never found.
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Kane said he wanted the “Freaks and Geeks” actress for the role because “she has this effortless likability.”
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He noted, “It makes her somebody that – despite all of these terrible things that Pam has to do to survive – you want to take that journey with her.”
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Similar to the movies, “Crystal Lake” is brimming with blood and guts.
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“It was like a gallon of blood per kill,” Kane recalled.
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The showrunner noted, “We do spend a lot of time on character, on nuance, on an emotional journey.
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But when we have the kills, I wanted them to be really visceral and gory.
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“I wanted the audience to go, ‘Oh, there’s my ‘Friday the 13th!’
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For that, you needed gallons and gallons of blood.
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Characters get butchered in kitchens, bathrooms, and even during sex.
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“You have to go to extremes, because these do come from hack and slash movies,” Kane explained.
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He added, “You want the audience to be thrilled, the same way that they are in the theater…
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You want them to marvel at the creative ways that the killer kills.”
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The show focused on coming up with “fresh new ways to dispatch with bodies,” but also aimed to “focus on what gives you the most emotional bang for your buck.
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[The kills] shouldn’t just be random,” he said.
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“I know the Jason lore very well,” Kane said.
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“I’ve collected all the information, put it in the pot, and just sort of made the story I wanted to make.”
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Kane is also an executive producer on HBO’s hit horror series, “It: Welcome to Derry,” based on the Stephen King novel “It.”
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“We’re actively writing [Season 2] right now.
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We’re starting to shoot in the summer of next year,” he told The Post.
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The producer explained that “Welcome to Derry” Season 2 is set twenty-seven years before the events of Season 1.
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“We’re in Depression-era America.
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It’s a very different set of circumstances.
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He teased that Season 2 will be, “as terrifying,” as the first season, “if not more.”
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