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Peter Jason, Character Actor and John Carpenter Regular, Has Passed Away
Character actor and frequent John Carpenter collaborator Peter Jason has passed away at the age of 80.
He amassed over 250 acting credits over the span of his seven-decade career, including seven Carpenter films: Prince of Darkness, They Live, Body Bags, In the Mouth of Madness, Village of the Damned, Escape from L.A., and Ghosts of Mars.
“Peter Jason, one of the great character actors in cinema, has died,” Carpenter shared on X. “His first movie was Howard Hawks’ Rio Lobo. He was a dear friend and I’ll miss him terribly.”
Jason’s other genre credits include Arachnophobia, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Congo, Mortal Kombat, Dreamscape, Willow Creek, Dante’s Peak, Alien Nation, and Trick or Treats.
Outside of the genre, the prolific actor’s appeared in “Deadwood,” The Karate Kid, Hail Caesar!, Adaptation., Seabiscuit, and 48 Hrs., to name a few.
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‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ and ‘Godzilla x Kong’ Actress Kaylee Hottle Has Passed Away at 18 Years Old
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply sad to learn that Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong actress Kaylee Hottle has passed away after a tragic car accident in Maryland.
The young actress was just 18 years old.
Deaf actress Kaylee Hottle played Jia in Legendary’s MonsterVerse, a character introduced in Godzilla vs. Kong. She later reprised the role in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.
Just last year, Kaylee Hottle was nominated for a Saturn Award for her performance in Godzilla x Kong. She competed in the “
TMZ notes, “Kaylee – an Atlanta native – comes from a multi-generational deaf family. She got her start in commercials, notably a PSA for the live video messaging app Glide, which is used by many members of the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, when she was 9 years old.”
Hottle had also appeared in an episode of the “Magnum P.I” reboot series in 2021.
We send our deepest condolences to Kaylee Hottle’s family, friends, and fans.
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