“We were looking at it, and the guys at Legendary were like, ‘No, it’s got to be scary. Tucker considered the character’s arc and fought to keep the design. Martin and I talked about it, and when he sculpted it, he sculpted it to have a sad look about it.” It was interesting too because the studio wanted us to make the face look really scary when we started doing it. There is a lot of detail in these things to make it look literally like somebody’s face had just been ripped off. They all had to be hand punched with eyebrows and eyelashes. It doesn’t take long for Leatherface to slip into someone’s skin, though, and Tucker and Astles further developed the concept of the horror icon’s humanity through their designs. We put little scars on him, and we messed up his teeth because we wanted him to feel dirty and give him some grit.” The idea was to create someone that felt the right age and had been pretty beaten down over the years in general and to create something that had a little bit of sympathy attached to it. “Miles Teves did some designs for us of what Leatherface might look like underneath the face.
TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE MASK MOVIE
Everything in this movie was based on the first movie only.”Įven Leatherface’s look underneath the mask factored into the design process. Their train of thought was the first movie is the only thing that exists. Tucker explains, “They wanted to make sure that everything that happened in that first movie was consistent with what was happening in this film, for the most part. The team put a lot of thought into every aspect of Leatherface’s look, from head to toe, with one clear direction from Legendary. We did designs to show them what that would look like and gave them different looks for what the body style, how thick he should be, thin, all that good stuff.“ That was all because of his love for her his rampage is an homage to her.
Tucker explains, “ That was going to be the dress of the lady whose face he’s wearing. That’s right we came close to seeing a rampaging Leatherface in a dress. At one point, we were talking about possibly having Leatherface wearing a dress.” John Donahue, who was also doing some 2D work for us, helped us develop the look of the overall body and the wardrobe. Chris Gallagher created all of the dentures for his teeth. He credits his righthand man, Key Designer, Sculptor and Applicator Martin Astles and his incredible team, “ Miles Teves did some production design for what Leatherface looks like underneath the mask. The artist revealed that the project came during the early height of the pandemic, creating added complications. Tucker walked Bloody Disgusting through the design process and the grimier updates that set this Leatherface apart. Legendary turned to Illusion Industries Inc owner, special makeup effects artist, and creative supervisor Todd Tucker for this iteration of the character. His territorial, homicidal tendencies reawaken with an unstoppable fury when young influencers disrupt his sanctuary. Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre picks up nearly fifty years after the 1974 original film, with a much older and long-dormant Leatherface. Factor in different actors portraying the horror icon, shifts in tone and style, and you’ve got a different character design with each new entry. Leatherface may be a Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise constant, but his look isn’t thanks to his penchant for donning other people’s faces.
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