![]() ![]() Everybody’s got to nerd out on something - cars, sports, whatever it is. I think there’s nothing more satisfying than nerding out with another human being. I get to share moments, share a passion with really, really special people. “When I sit down at my booth, it’s these pearls of love. “Conventions in Detroit have been awesome,” he says. As powerful as many other horror films are, there will never be anything like ‘Halloween’ because it broke the glass ceiling.”Ĭourtney looks forward to the Motor City Comic Con, his fourth convention in Michigan, which he calls a “beautiful state.” It broke the membrane of what it meant to make a contemporary horror film. When (Carpenter and Debra Hill) created ‘Halloween,’ nothing like it had ever been done before. “Within that year, something like 77 people broke the four-minute record. “It was a milestone in athletics,” he says. “It’s what I call the Bannister Effect,” named for Roger Bannister, who broke the four-minute mile. Its ranks include survivor Tommy Doyle from the original film, now played by Anthony Michael Hall.Ĭourtney says “Halloween” stands out from other horror movies. In “Halloween Kills,” Laurie is determined to stop Myers permanently, so she forms a mob to go after him. It’s amazing she’s played the characters she’s played because her real personality is so kind and sweet.” “She’s like a sweet, innocent little fawn. “Judy is the sweetest human being,” he says. We know we captured lightning in a bottle with ‘Halloween’ and did it again with ‘Halloween Kills.’” I had a special chemistry with her, the rest of the cast and (Green). When we spoke about working together, she was very gracious and enjoyed working with me. We agreed not to speak until after filming ended to keep with our characters’ dynamics. She’s funny and self-deprecating, but she doesn’t suffer fools gladly. “One of the most special people I ever met. “Jamie’s the poster child for empowered women, hands down,” Courtney says. In the end, Laurie and estranged daughter, Karen - played by Livonia native Judy Greer (“Archer”) - trap Myers in a burning house. She’s constantly honing her marksmanship skills in case Myers returns - which, of course, he does. ![]() In the 2018 version, Curtis reprises her role as Laurie, who lives in fear of Myers. Although she survives, Myers leaves behind a trail of bodies. In the original, Myers stalks Laurie Strode - played by Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut - on Halloween night. On my chair these past two movies … it says ‘The Shape.’” Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode (left) and Judy Greer as her daughter, Karen, in “Halloween Kills,” directed by David Gordon Green. That’s what (director) John Carpenter referred to (Myers) in the script of the original. “I wanted to expand and expound (that) in my own being, so it was a very spiritual experience playing The Shape. I didn’t even get to the freeway when they called again and asked me to come back to meet with (Green). “I got literally out into the parking lot to drive back to Columbia when I got a call, asking about my availability to shoot the film. “Since (Green) is stationed in Charleston, S.C., I went down to audition,” he says. 14, and this weekend at the Motor City Comic Con in Novi. Do you know anyone?’ Ron’s like, ‘I know a guy.’”Įnter Courtney - who’s appearing at Fright Village at Canterbury Village in Lake Orion on Thursday, Oct. “David’s like, ‘He needs to be 6-feet-3, 200 pounds, and in his 60s. You need a really deep actor who’s a good stuntman,’” recalled Courtney, 64, of Columbia, S.C. “When (‘Halloween’ stunt coordinator) Ron Hutchinson read the script, he called (director) David Gordon Green and said, ‘Look, this script is not like any of the others. The man behind the mask: James Jude Courtney, an actor and stuntman, appears as killer Michael Myers in 2018’s “Halloween” and its sequel, “Halloween Kills,” at theaters Oct. Courtney, who played Myers in the 2018 movie, reprises this role in “Halloween Kills,” opening in theaters Friday. The 2018 “Halloween” disavowed all of the intervening movies since the original, serving as a direct sequel 40 years later. Because Michael Myers wears a serene white mask, anyone could play him, and six different actors have played the role - sometimes credited as “The Shape” - throughout the killer’s fictional life and various iterations. The original movie spawned endless sequels and reboots. That’s exactly what happened when he was asked to play Michael Myers - the mute, seemingly unstoppable masked killer of the “Halloween” movies, which debuted in 1978. Actor/stuntman James Jude Courtney was concentrating on writing and producing he’d only act if he got called.
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