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Was it torture sitting through your makeup sessions?
ROBERT ENGLUND: I don’t know about Ken, but my last makeup was in ‘94. Technology has changed. I had a great girl doing me on this from a Canadian shop. My girl did “Taken” for Steven Spielberg and she’s doing “Scooby Doo 2” right now. She’s great. The problem with me is getting it off. I’m usually last. It took a good hour for me to get the makeup off this time. I don’t know if they’re using different adhesives but probably because I did so much water stuff in this movie. If the water got underneath, I’d look like a big condom.

KEN KIRZINGER: My makeup wasn’t nearly as bad as his. It’s basically a one-piece hood that I pull on and then they color my face up to hide behind the holes. There was only one time I had to wear the full makeup. Then the mask goes on. In between takes, if I had an hour off, I could take the mask off, the hood off, and I’d be sitting fairly comfortably. Whereas Robert had it all the time.

ROBERT ENGLUND: I was sealed in. It was so cold in the lake that we had a hot tub. I don’t know how the kids did it. Ken and I, a couple of times we had those little wetsuits hidden under our costumes. But even with those on, we’ve got all the blood and stuff on us which catches the cold air, and then your costume gets wet. We’d run and jump in these hot tubs. I don’t know how the kids did it. Jason Ritter, John’s Ritter kid, and Monica Keena were in that lake for two weeks doing that scene. Ken and I are thinking we’re the big macho guys on this movie, but those kids were above and beyond the call of duty when we were out at Camp Crystal Lake.

"Freddy vs Jason" Release Date: August 15, 2003
"Freddy vs Jason" was directed by Ronny Yu and is rated R for pervasive strong horror violence/gore, gruesome images, sexuality, drug use and language.

Interview with Director Ronny Yu and Producer Sean Cunningham

"Freddy vs Jason" Premiere Coverage - Interviews and Photos