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Exclusive Interview: Catherine Parks

Exclusive Interview: Catherine Parks

Florida-born Catherine Parks first gained acclaim as runner-up in the 1977 Miss America Pageant and had made her acting debut in Michael Crichton’s 1981 thiller Looker, in which plastic surgeon Albert Finney is suspected of murdering models that he has operated on. Following her role as Vera in Friday the 13th Part 3, Parks would […]

Exclusive Interview: Paul Kratka

Exclusive Interview: Paul Kratka

At twenty-six, Paul Kratka was the oldest of the principal cast members of Steve Miner’s 3-D sequel Friday the 13th Part 3. A client of acting agent Judie Savage, whose daughter, Tracie (later a respected anchorwoman), would be cast as one of his fellow victims, Kratka’s first and only role for over twenty years was […]

Exclusive Interview: Zack Ward

Exclusive Interview: Zack Ward

Zack Ward’s brief-yet-memorable cameo in Freddy vs. Jason, in which he would appear in the nightmare of Mark (Brendan Fletcher) as his older brother, who had supposedly committed suicide some years earlier, would prove to be one of the highlights of the movie. With Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) having taken the form of Mark’s brother, […]

Exclusive Interview: Dick Wieand

Exclusive Interview: Dick Wieand

Dick Wieand’s contribution to the Friday the 13th franchise is arguably one of the most controversial. With Jason Voorhees having finally been laid to rest in The Final Chapter, a new spree of gruesome murders begin in much the same vein, but the culprit is eventually revealed as disturbed paramedic Roy, whose son was butchered […]

Exclusive Interview: Stu Charno

Exclusive Interview: Stu Charno

Following in the tradition that first began with Friday the 13th‘s Ned, Stu Charno was cast as practical joker Ted in Steve Miner’s Friday the 13th Part 2. This would mark the feature debut for the New York-based actor, who would go on to appear in John Carpenter’s Christine two years later. Recently, I spoke […]

Exclusive Interview: Matthew Faison

Exclusive Interview: Matthew Faison

Matthew Faison’s screen career began in the late 1970s but it would be on TV shows during the 1980s that he would begin to gain exposure, with bit parts in The Greatest American Hero, M*A*S*H and Magnum, P.I. Following a minor role in the crime thriller The Star Chamber in 1983, Faison turned his attention […]

Exclusive Interview: Bob DeSimone

Exclusive Interview: Bob DeSimone

Bob DeSimone first turned to acting with minor roles in several genre pictures directed by his brother, cult filmmaker Tom DeSimone. Following appearances in Chatterbox and Savage Streets (which Tom DeSimone was originally scheduled to direct), Bob DeSimone was cast in a minor part in the latest Friday the 13th flick. Bob DeSimone discusses his […]

Exclusive Interview: Chuck Campbell

Exclusive Interview: Chuck Campbell

Chuck Campbell had little interest in slasher movies or Friday the 13th when he was cast as tech geek Tsunaron in Jason X. Born and raised in Nova Scotia, the Canadian actor was thirty when he co-starred with Kane Hodder in the relatively high budget science fiction romp Jason X, the tenth in the long-running […]

Exclusive Interview: Russell Todd

Exclusive Interview: Russell Todd

Russell Todd’s first foray into acting came with a minor role in the low budget thriller He Knows You’re Alone, which also marked on the screen debut of future Hollywood star Tom Hanks. This would lead to Russell being signed with a talent agent and landing the part of Scott in Steve Miner’s Friday the […]

Exclusive Interview: David Kopp

Exclusive Interview: David Kopp

Rising Canadian actor David Kopp was twenty-four when he was cast as Blake, the best friend of arrogant jock Trey (Jesse Hutch), in the long-awaited crossover Freddy vs. Jason. This had followed minor roles in Romeo Must Die and Josie and the Pussycats, as well as the cult science fiction show Stargate SG-1. Since being […]

Exclusive Interview: Ron Millkie

Exclusive Interview: Ron Millkie

Following a service in the Air Force, Ron Millkie found his way into acting with a prodcuction of West Side Story, before relocating to New York to pursue a career on screen. Having collaborated with director Sean S. Cunningham on an industrial film, Millkie saw an advert for Friday the 13th in a newspaper and […]

Exclusive Interview: Larry Zerner

Exclusive Interview: Larry Zerner

Larry Zerner’s break into the movie industry came almost by accident when he was discovered on the streets of Los Angeles handing out tickets for a screening of George Miller’s Mad Max sequel The Road Warrior. This would lead to the eighteen year old theatre graduate landing the role of practical joker Shelly in Paramount’s […]