Also, Ronny Yu wanted me to walk like I was walking on land. Being with all this extra weight, one eye covered, a machete in one hand, Freddy's head in another hand, and being totally submerged in water, made that scene very difficult. They realized that when I got wet, I looked too skinny in the clothes, so they had to bulk me up with pads and extra clothing so it would look like I was still big. The water sequence took a lot of preparation. Also, Ken is older than me and he was a lot more established in the business than I was at the time." Describing the scene, Tait said "I was on the film for a couple days. There was no way they were going to pay for my flight and hotel stay when Ken was a local. When they took the film to Canada, I was out of luck. Originally I was being considered for playing the role of Jason in the entire film. You can see it in the deleted scenes, that is why they decided to reshoot the ending. The test audiences were confused about the original ending, they thought Jason Ritter's character was becoming Jason. He stated, "Unfortunately for me, it was the only scene I was hired to do. In an interview, Douglas Tait explained the reason for the reshoot.
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