One of several things that makes Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter a standout installment in the franchise is the fact that one of the unlucky victims is played by a young Crispin Glover. The actor played Jimmy in The Final Chapter, who shows off his one-of-a-kind dance skills before getting a meat cleaver straight to the face courtesy of Jason Voorhees.
Chatting with Yahoo on the road to Halloween, Glover reflects on The Final Chapter and admits – like Betsy Palmer before him – that he only took the Friday role for the paycheck.
“Just before I got Friday the 13th, I had moved out of my parents’ house, I only had a certain amount of money and I was getting low on funds,” Glover told the site. “And then I got Friday the 13th: Part 4. I needed a job. I needed to work. I needed to continue working.”
Glover also admits that he’s not a fan of slasher films in general, though he notes that if there’s one of them he has respect for it’s Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
“I’ve only seen two of those [Friday the 13th] films: I saw the original film and the one that I’m in,” Glover explained. “I remember when I saw the original one, not too long before it I’d seen the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and when I saw the first Friday the 13th, I thought, ‘Well, this is extremely derivative.’
He added, “I liked the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre very much. There’s a whole industry that’s basically what they call the slasher industry.”
“I find [Friday the 13th] derivative of that particular original Texas Chain Saw Massacre.”
Crispin Glover’s new film Lucky Day was released earlier this month.