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A new still from Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre stars Olwen Fouéré as original final girl Sally Hardesty, originally played by Marilyn Burns.
Olwen Fouéré stars as Sally Hardesty in a new official still from Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Netflix’s fast-approaching direct sequel to director Tobe Hooper’s 1974 classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
The photo was shared by USA Today as part of a gallery of new stills from upcoming films. In it, Fouéré’s Sally is seen looking at an old polaroid picture while behind the wheel of a car. Fouéré takes over the role for Marilyn Burns, who played Sally in the original 1974 film and passed away in 2014.
Of course, Burns’ Sally Hardesty was the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise’s original “final girl.” In Hooper’s 1974 film, Sally ultimately emerges as the sole survivor of Leatherface’s murderous rampage, narrowly escaping the Sawyer family’s farmhouse in the film’s final moments. Fouéré steps into the role of Sally for Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which is due for release next month and sees Leatherface return for a new spree of killings after spending nearly 50 years in hiding.
As previously mentioned, the Netflix film serves as a direct sequel to the 1974 original, ignoring every film released in the interim — something the Texas Chainsaw franchise has done before. Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was initially followed up by The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 in 1986, Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III in 1990 and Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation in 1995.
The franchise received a reboot in the form of 2003’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which itself received a prequel in the form of 2006’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. Hooper’s original film received its first modern direct sequel in the form of 2013’s Texas Chainsaw 3D. Most recently, Leatherface, a prequel to both 1974’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and 2013’s Texas Chainsaw 3D, released in 2017.
In addition to Fouéré as Sally, Netflix’s new Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequel stars Mark Burnham as Leatherface, Sarah Yarkin as Melody, Elsie Fisher as Lila, Jacob Latimore as Dante, Jessica Allain as Dante’s girlfriend, Moe Dunford as Richter, Alice Krige as Mrs. Mc, Nell Hudson as Ruth, Sam Douglas as Herb, William Hope as Sheriff Hathaway and Jolyon Coy in an undisclosed role. The film is directed by David Blue Garcia from a script by Chris Thomas Devlin and a story by Fede Álvarez and Rodo Sayagues.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre premieres on Netflix on Friday, Feb. 18.
Source: USA Today
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