“But Sally Hardesty wasn’t in Texas Chainsaw 3D?!” you might be muttering to yourself right about now, and you’re partially right about that. The 2013 “legacy sequel” to Tobe Hooper’s original classic began with footage from the 1973 movie, however, and nestled in with that old footage were some tiny bits of new footage that were shot specifically for Chainsaw 3D.
One of those bits of new footage gave us an alternate look at Sally’s jump through the window in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and stunt performer Elena Sanchez has revealed over on Twitter this week that she’s the one who performed the stunt. She also shared a fun photo from the set, in costume as Sally and flanked by Bill Moseley and the late Gunnar Hansen.
Elena Sanchez primarily served as Alexandra Daddario‘s stunt double on Texas Chainsaw 3D, but this is the first time I’ve personally been made aware that she also played Sally. Quite honestly, I never even realized there was a small amount of new Sally footage in Texas Chainsaw 3D‘s throwback opening, and it’s pretty cool to see this set photo nine years later.
Sanchez tweets, “In honor of the new #TexasChainsawMassacre being released today, here is a photo of me as “Sally” on the set of Texas Chainsaw 3D in 2011 with original #Leatherface Gunnar Hansen and @choptopmoseley.” She adds in a follow-up reply, “I was Sally for the jump through the window, and I was @AADaddario’s stunt double.”
As a stunt performer, Elena Sanchez has contributed to films including 21 Jump Street, Olympus Has Fallen, Insurgent, Fantastic Four, Get Out, Baby Driver, Avengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and F9: The Fast Saga, doubling for stars including Ashley Judd, Suki Waterhouse, Allison Williams, Kate Beckinsale, Emily Blunt, and Rosamund Pike.
Oh and by the way, Oscars, it’s time to start honoring stunt performers. Get on it, will ya?
For the first time since the original classic, Sally Hardesty is back as a main character in Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre, this time around being played by Olwen Fouéré.
In honor of the new #TexasChainsawMassacre being released today, here is a photo of me as “Sally” on the set of Texas Chainsaw 3D in 2011 with original #Leatherface Gunnar Hansen and @choptopmoseley 🤩 pic.twitter.com/YaW20YUpqi
— Elena Sanchez (@TheElenaSanchez) February 18, 2022
