One of the greatest horror movies in cinema history is ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’. Directed by Tobe Hooper in 1970 with a meager budget of just over $100,000, it soon became a benchmark for lovers of the genre and now John Larroquettewho acts as a narrator in it, has confirmed the crazy rumor that had been running online for some time about his participation in it.
a favor between friends
Larroquette, who in the 80s would enjoy great popularity thanks to the television show ‘Court Court’, was a complete stranger when Hooper proposed to him to act as the narrator in ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’, but the most curious thing of all is that the actor has not hesitated to say that it is “totally true“the rumor that they paid him with marijuana in a chat with Parade:
He gave me some marijuana and a box of matches or whatever they say these days. I walked out of the recording room, patted him on the back, and said, “Good luck.”
Apparently, Hooper and Larroquette had known each other for several years., since the actor was a waiter in a town that the director visited in 1969 for a project. They hit it off and when Hooper found out that Larroquette was in Los Angeles to try to launch his acting career, he didn’t hesitate to contact him:
Tobe found out I was in town and asked for an hour of my time to narrate something on a movie I had just made. I said okay, it was a favor.
Surely Larroquette did not expect to hear about that film again, but ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ was a hit and those responsible for the saga relied on him on several occasions to act as narrator for other installments. In fact, even Netflix recently did it for its direct sequel to the original, which ended up being one of the best movies on the platform last year. Of course, the other occasions he already received money.
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