Vale – Gunnar Hansen

The man who originated the role of Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Gunnar Hansen, has passed away.

Making his feature début in the original Tobe Hooper Massacre film, Mr Hansen carved a career appearing in a number of horror film and television shows, including Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988), Freakshow (1995), Next Victim (2003), Swarm of The Snakehead (2006), and more recently in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D reboot, in 2013.

The Icelandic-born Gunnar Hansen passed away on November 7th, aged 68.

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Rodney Twelftree

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Rodney has been writing about films for well over two decades, appreciates a good wine, the love of his wife and kids, and the affection of his dog and cats. He has a fondness of cheesy 90’s action and classic Hollywood, hates that physical media is disappearing, and wishes somebody would make a high-budget series of The Neverending Story.

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