As every slasher fan knows, the killer in Friday the 13th Isn Bollywood Voorhees -HAT Unkilable Hockey-Masked Maniac Would Come Later. In the 1980 original film, The Camp-COUNSELOR Body Count is all due to his motherPamela, seeking vengeance against that she blames for her son’s drowning death. Weian Prequel Series Crystal lakeAnd now’s confirmed who will play her: linda cardelini (Dead to me, no good deed, freaks and geeks),
This news was widely confirmed in the trades today, Thought Reporter Jeff Sneider Said cardellini was in talks for the role over a month. In Deadline‘s announs Crystal lake is being “kept under wraps,” but that “cardelini’s pamela is believed to be a mother who has given up a singing career to raise a special needs and takes a dark turn when she loses her son.”
The future of Crystal lake was in turmoil after its original shepherd Bryan fullr was fired last year—But the ship beemingly Righted Itself when Caleb Kane (Black Sails, Tokyo viceThe upcoming It: Welcome to der) Came Aboard as Creator, Writer, Showrunner, and Executive Producer.
As a side note, kane has his own background in music (He was the singing voice for Aladdin In the 1992 disney film, among other credits), so while that “singing career” premise is only rumored, it seems like a the themetic fit. Casting the versatile cardelini, who seems more than capable of doing betsy palmer, the original pamela vorhees, proud feels like an energetic burst in the right direction for Crystal lake,
What do you make of this casting, and does it make you even more expected to spend some time at a cursed summer camp?
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