PICTURED Stuntman Tom Morga (left) as the masked 'Jason', with Dick Wieand (top right) playing the copycat killer.
Dick Wieand & Tom Morga Appeared in: Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning
Bit of a cheat, this one, as Jason doesn't actually appear in the fifth Friday The 13th. Well, strictly speaking, anyway. The movie, which aimed to be a new start for the franchise, revolves around a copycat killer who looks like Jason, walks like Jason, and is as hard to kill as Jason, but who turns out to be a grieving and absolutely nutso ambulance driver called Roy (Wieand). Morga, a stuntman, played the role when physical endeavour was required; interestingly, the role had been offered once more to Ted White. He declined.
What happened next?
Like Basil Fawlty and the war, don't mention Friday The 13th to Dick Wieand. "I really do wish that people would forget that I did that picture," he has said. In fact, although Wieand still dabbles in acting, he makes his living as a photographer. As for Morga, he went on to complete a unique double by playing, briefly, Michael Myers in 1988's Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers. He's still very much an active stuntman, with the Pirates Of The Caribbean sequels the most recent notches on his metaphorical bedpost.
Have Your Say
Does Jason Voorhees still send a shiver down your spine after all these years? Which Friday the 13th movie gets your vote? Register or login now to have your say.
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RE: not sure about the new one
Posted on Tuesday February 17, 2009, 13:45 by Ghost Mutt
Probably be quite boring but due to the complete Jason experience being the sum of all it's parts - mother's killings, pillow case, hockey mask, supernatural aspects - I would have loved to have seen a film which contained the finest moments from a frankly torrid franchise.
But that's just me. Read More
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RE: not sure about the new one
Posted on Tuesday February 17, 2009, 02:48 by tommyjarvis
L: steveohim
i am a huge friday the 13th fan,went to see the new one last night and although good,im thinking the writters just didnt watch any of the originals.firstly jason does not run in any of the movies execpt briefly in part 3,he did more running in this one than lingford christie,secondly jason does not keep people hostage he basically kills whoever he meets there and then.and thirdly jason does not live in a nice little log cabin.i like to think of him as living in the lake.you dont see where he goes in any of the previous movies.this one is like the voorhees version of cribs for fucks sake.i dont think the ppl behind this movie done there research
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What does it matter what Jason did in the originals? A remake needs to do things its own way to have any identity. Besides, Jason ran in parts 2, 3 and 4, before he became supernatural.
Good article. I was never that much of a Kane Hodder fan anyway, much preferred his earlier incarnations. Read More
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Did....
Posted on Sunday February 15, 2009, 19:43 by I Went Down
...the work experience kid write this piece of shit? Read More
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not sure about the new one
Posted on Saturday February 14, 2009, 12:52 by steveohim
i am a huge friday the 13th fan,went to see the new one last night and although good,im thinking the writters just didnt watch any of the originals.firstly jason does not run in any of the movies execpt briefly in part 3,he did more running in this one than lingford christie,secondly jason does not keep people hostage he basically kills whoever he meets there and then.and thirdly jason does not live in a nice little log cabin.i like to think of him as living in the lake.you dont see where he goes in any of the previous movies.this one is like the voorhees version of cribs for fucks sake.i dont think the ppl behind this movie done there research Read More
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RE: Extraordinarily awful?
Posted on Friday February 13, 2009, 15:19 by bbX1138
Agreed. I also really rate Freddy Vs Jason. It's a shame the writers of FvJ didn't show the same imagination and flair for the rubbish Jason reboot. Read More
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RE: Extraordinarily awful?
Posted on Friday February 13, 2009, 14:50 by NunianVonFuch
Also lets not forget that upon it's cinematic release Empire's Kim Newman gave Jason X a (fully deserved in my opinion) 4 Stars saying: "Wittily scripted, smartly directed and well-played by an unfamiliar cast, this is a real treat for all those who have suffered through the story so far."
How anyone can say it's worse than 7,8 or 9 is beyond me. It's the only one of them all that I can watch with friends, or more than once at all for that matter! Read More
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Extraordinarily awful?
Posted on Friday February 13, 2009, 12:36 by oldstuff
Jason X was the best of the Friday 13th movies because it actually managed to breath some life into a pretty dead franchise. Read More
