History Trivia / FridayThe13thPARTVANewBeginning

* ApprovalOfGod: Debi Sue Vorhees, who played the MsFanservice Tina in a [[BestKnownForTheFanservice memorable nude scene]] loved the music video tribute the band ''Wolfie's Just Fine'' made with their song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG8iAtpavK4 A New Beggining]] which faithfully recreated her famous scene.

** Tom Morga appears as Jason in the dream sequences, replacing Ted White.

** Tom Morga appears as Jason in the opening dream sequence, replacing Ted White.

* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/CoreyFeldman was supposed to return as Tommy Jarvis, but he was working on ''Film/TheGoonies'' at the time so he only appeared in the opening.

* TroubledProduction: The film had at least some troubles during filming, though exactly how ''many'' troubles, and who or what caused them, depends on who you ask.
** According to director Danny Steinmann and co-stars Shavar Ross, Dominick Brascia, and Debi-Sue Voorhees, there were a few minor problems with lead actor John Shepherd being standoffish during the shoot, a malfunctioning rain machine that held up filming of the finale, and make-up effects having to be cut or worked around during editing after Paramount deemed them sub-par, but production otherwise wasn't too problematic.
** On the other hand, Shepherd himself, lead actress Melanie Kinnaman, co-star Dick Wieand and stuntman Tom Morga have alleged that Steinmann spent most of the shoot binging on cocaine, and veered between being [[PrimaDonnaDirector verbally abusive to most of the cast]] and so high off his ass that the cinematographer had to direct certain scenes, only cleaning up his act on days when Ross' mother was on-set. Steinmann also shot a couple of very graphic sex scenes, one of which was cut entirely, with the other being edited down to only about ten seconds. Wieand later theorized that Steinmann filmed the scenes so that the MPAA would insist on cutting them and let the gore go through uncensored, only for this plan to backfire when Paramount ended up cutting the gore ''and'' sex scenes out before ever submitting it to the MPAA.
** Furthermore, ''A New Beginning'' was cast under a fake title, and none of the actors knew they were doing a ''Friday'' movie until they got the part. This especially irritated Shepherd, who had spent several months preparing for an audition for a movie he thought was about a man suffering from mental illness (he even volunteered at a mental hospital to prepare for the role), and feared being associated with a franchise known for sex and blood given that he was working as a church counselor at the time.
** When it was released, the film did reasonably well financially, but the critical reaction was abysmal even by the standards of the series, and it ultimately marked the first of a successively lower-grossing chain of sequels.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The opening dream originally had Tommy fighting his way through a hospital to reach Jason's corpse in the morgue. When he reaches him, Jason rises from the autopsy table and Tommy would've woken up.
** Violet's death was originally supposed to have Roy [[GroinAttack stab her in her vagina]], but it got changed to her stomach as the staff (Or the MPAA) felt it was in poor taste.
** According to Website/{{IMDB}}, ''Creator/BillyWilder'' almost came out of retirement to direct, but ended up passing when Paramount wouldn't let him have dibs on the final cut.
** Mark Venturini was considered for the role of Tommy.
** Sherilyn Fenn was considered for the role of Violet, but turned it down to do Just One of the Guys.
** Reportedly, Darcy DeMoss was originally hired for the role of Tina, but she was fired after refusing to perform the nude scenes required for the role. But according to DeMoss in an interview, she said she backed out of the project when the director, Danny Steinmann, asked her to take off her shirt and show her breasts during her audition. DeMoss would appear in the next installment, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, where she also refused to appear topless even though she had said she had no issue with nudity.
** Darcy DeMoss along with Gina Gershon awere among actresses considered to play Tina and they both read their parts with producer Frank Mancuso Jr. and actor John Robert Dixon (Eddie).

* BigNameFan: According to Melanie Kinnaman on the Shout! Factory commentary, Creator/QuentinTarantino is not only a fan, but considers it the best of the whole series.

* CastingGag: Debi Sue Voorhees was cast more or less entirely for the novelty of her sharing a last name with the series' iconic villain. Ironically, since [[spoiler: Jason isn't the killer in the film]], she doesn't actually have any screen time with her famous "relative".

** Violet's death was originally supposed to have Roy stab her in her vagina, but it got changed to her stomach as the staff (Or the MPAA) felt it was in poor taste.

* TroubledProduction: The movie had at least some troubles during filming, though exactly how ''many'' troubles depends on who you ask. According to director Danny Steinmann, and co-stars Shavar Ross, Dominick Brascia and Debi-Sue Voorhees, there were a few minor problems with lead actor John Shepherd being stand-offish during the shoot, a malfunctioning rain machine that held up filming of the finale, and make-up effects having to be cut or worked around during editing after Paramount deemed them sub-par, but production otherwise wasn't too problematic. On the other hand, Shepherd himself, lead actress Melanie Kinnaman, and stuntman Tom Morga have alleged that Steinmann spent most of the shoot binging on cocaine, and veered between being so high off his ass that the cinematographer had to direct certain scenes, and being verbally abusive to most of the cast, only cleaning up his act on days when Ross's mother was on-set. Steinmann also shot a couple of very graphic sex scenes, one of which was cut entirely, with the other being edited down to only about ten seconds. When it was released, the film did reasonably well financially, but the critical reaction was abysmal even by the standards of the series, and it ultimately marked the first of a successively lower-grossing chain of sequels.

** Creator/CoreyFeldman was supposed to be the lead actor, but he was working on ''Film/TheGoonies'' at the time so he only appeared in the opening.

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Vic's actor, Mark Venturini, who was also in ''Film/TheReturnOfTheLivingDead'', was known to be the complete opposite of Vic and to be very kind hearted, actually becoming friends with Dominick Brascia (Joey) and remainded great friends till Venturini's death in 1996 from leukaemia.

** Corey Feldman was supposed to be the lead actor, but he was working on ''Film/TheGoonies'' at the time so he only appeared in the opening.

** According to IMDB, ''Billy Wilder'' almost came out of retirement to direct, but ended up passing when Paramount wouldn't let him have dibs on the final cut.

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Vic's actor, Mark Venturini, who was also in ''Film/TheReturnOfTheLivingDead'', was known to be the complete opposite of Vic and to be very kind hearted, actually becoming friends with Dominick Brascia (Joey) and remainded great friends till Venturini's death in 1996 from leukemia.

** Violet's death was originally supposed to have Roy stab her in her vagina, but it got changed to her stomach as the staff felt it was in poor taste.

** Violet's death was originally supposed to have Jason stab her in her vagina, but it got changed to her stomach as the staff felt it was in poor taste.

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Vic's actor, Mark Venturini, who was also in ''Film/TheReturnOfTheLivingDead'', was known to be the complete opposite of Vic and to be very kind hearted, actually becoming friends with Dominick Brascia (Joey) and reminded great friends till Venturini's death in 1996 from leukemia.

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Vic's actor, Mark Venturini, who was also in the first ''ReturnOfTheLivingDead'', was known to be the complete opposite of Vic and to be very kind hearted, actually becoming friends with Dominick Brascia (Joey) and reminded great friends till Venturini's death in 1996 from leukemia.

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Vic's actor, Mark Venturini, who was also in the first ''ReturnOfTheLivingDead'', was known to be the complete opposite of Vic and to be very kind hearted, actually becoming friends with Dominick Brascia (Joey), who played Joey and reminded great friends till Venturini's death in 1996 from leukemia.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Corey Feldman was supposed to be the lead actor, but he was working on ''Film/TheGoonies'' at the time so he only appeared in the opening.

** The opening dream originally had Tommy fighting his way through a hospital to reach Jason's corpse in the morgue. When he reaches him, Jason rises from the autopsy table and Tommy would've woken up.

* WhatCouldHaveBee: Corey Feldman was supposed to be the lead actor, but he was working on ''Film/TheGoonies'' at the time so he only appeared in the opening.