We are just a few months away from one of the most anticipated films of 2018 to be released. Halloween is set to not only bring back Jaime Lee Curtis, series creator John Carpenter, but the original Michael Myers, Nick Castle. Castile will be reprising his role for the first time in 40 years. Given the physical requirements of the role and with Castle in his 70s, James Jude Courtney performed a majority of the role. With that being said, the actor recently recalled the experience of putting on Michael’s mask for the first time.
“David [Gordon Green], Danny [McBride], Jeff [Fradley], Mike [Simmonds], Rawn [Hutchinson], and myself, we all walked off to a room to the side where nobody could see it, and Chris [Nelson] pulled out the mask, and he said, ‘Okay Jim, let’s put it on and see what it feels like,'” Courtney recalled to Halloween Daily News. “So I walk over and he puts it on me and fastens it in for me, and I was like, ‘Whoa.’ David goes, ‘What does it feel like, Jim?’ I said, (lowers voice to a near-whisper) ‘It’s perfect for killing.’ It was perfect.”
“And all the sudden, this thing happened to me inside. I had already created the energy, I already knew the space, but man that was like afterburns, dude,” Courtney confessed. “And the love, it’s more than just the beauty of the art that Christopher created when he did the mask, it’s all that knowledge he put into it, and somehow he imbued all the history, the 40 years of history and all the work that all the people have done, and all the fans’ expectations and love. I felt all of that. I will never forget the first time I put that mask on.”
While no poster or trailer of the film has been released, these small tidbits just add to the excitement for the upcoming film.
