Dinner with Leatherface beschäftigt sich mit dem Leben und der Karriere von Gunnar Hansen, dem Schauspieler hinter der fleischigen Maske des Kettensägen schwingenden Monsters in Blutgericht in Texas. Anders als seine Rolle des brutalen Monsters erinnern sich Freunde und Kollegen an einen intelligenten und liebevollen Menschen.
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00:00No one in America can pick up a chainsaw now without thinking of Leatherface and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
00:09The rumor back then was that it was true, like it was basically a documentary.
00:13I remember the first time I watched it.
00:15We expected to see, you know, a horror film, but not that horror film.
00:19You wondered what was behind that mask.
00:21Leatherface still running around up and down them Texas hills.
00:26Nobody really met him or saw him in costume until they first encountered him.
00:33Really, all he wanted a cast to do was be scared.
00:38Toby asked me if I were crazy.
00:40Gunner Hanson actually went to a home for mentally challenged people and the disabled.
00:44It wasn't just a simple thing for him of just throwing on a mask and running around going,
00:49And he pretty much came up with most of what he did on his own.
00:52You get an idea, this is kind of what we want to see,
00:55but it requires the actor to bring it to life and give it its quality.
01:00There's only one original guy that set the tone.
01:04The one that got me back into movies was called
01:07Hollywood Chainsaw Strippers?
01:09I think it was Texas Chainsaw Hookers.
01:11Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers.
01:13That's what Leatherface looks like?
01:14I mean, a lot of the roles he got traded in on his notoriety as Leatherface.
01:19Gunner Hanson with a chainsaw cutting a mosquito.
01:22I'm in!
01:23As soon as they see that the original Leatherface is in it,
01:26they immediately pay attention to it.
01:28Most of the films I've worked on have been with people who
01:31they really are passionate about doing a movie.
01:33They haven't learned yet to lie to you.
01:35Tony Timpone, who was the editor of Fangoria Magazine at the time,
01:39kind of convinced Gunner that he should be going to cons and signing autographs.
01:43And he was kind of a little reluctant at first.
01:45He interacted very well with his fans and with people.
01:49He really was just such a class act.
01:51People would walk away so happy, man.
01:54It just meant Leatherface, he was such a great guy.
01:57As an entertainer, that's all you ever hope to do, is be remembered.