History Trivia / FridayThe13th2009

* MethodActing: Aaron Woo (Chewie) was so dedicated to a good death scene, [[HorrifyingTheHorror he actually freaked out Jason's actor]] a little! He had fake blood in his mouth in his death scene, but while filming, his gagging and choking seemed so realistic that Derek Mears (Jason) [[MeanCharacterNiceActor asked him if he was okay as soon as they were done]]. Woo cheerfully explained that he was trying to ''inhale the fake blood into his sinuses'', so it would look better as it came out of his mouth and nose.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film was initially planned to be a prequel.
** Writers Damian Shannon & Mark Swift toyed with re-introducing Tommy Jarvis.
** [[spoiler:Jenna's death was originally much later in the film. She would successfully escape with Clay and Whitney to a bus, whereupon she the group would be intercepted by Jason, who would bash Jenna's head in with a fire extinguisher.]]
** [[spoiler:Jason originally acquired his hockey mask from Donnie, who find it alongside a stack of old porno magazines. While he's masturbating, Jason sneaks up on him and decapitates him, carrying his head and the mask away with him.]]
** [[spoiler:The initial idea for Chelsea's death was that seeing Jason on the shore would terrify her into staying in the water, where she would tire and drown. The producers requested a more visceral death for the character.]]
** Adrienne King, star of the original 1980 film, was approached by producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller to do a cameo appearance during preproduction. A few days later, the producers called her back and told her they didn't want anyone from the original film to appear in the remake.
** Scout Taylor-Compton auditioned for the role of 'Jenna' which eventually went to Danielle Panabaker. Had she gotten the role, this film would've been the second remake of a classic horror film for Compton, after Halloween.
** Jennifer Sciole auditioned for a lead role.
** Israeli actress Moran Atias was originally cast but had to be replaced early into filming when she was asked to do things that were not in the script.
** Samuel Bayer turned down the offer to direct.
** John Moore was considered for the directing job at early stages of production.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/MichaelBay had to walk out of the theater during the premiere due to how excessive the sex scenes were. Considering Michael Bay's reputation with MsFanservice characters, [[EveryoneHasStandards that's saying something]].

** Jonathan Liebesman was in negotiations to direct the film, but scheduling conflicts meant he was unavailable.

** Richard Burgi (Sheriff Bracke) wasn't cast until 12 hours before filming.

* DuelingWorks: Possibly with the 2009 ''Film/MyBloodyValentine3D'', given how it came a month apart from each other and starred Creator/JensenAckles and Creator/JaredPadalecki, the two stars of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.

* StealthSequel: Though promoted as a remake, writers Damian Shannon & Mark Swift have described the film as being more akin to a loose sequel and "soft reboot" to the original series. In addition to recreating the climax of [[Film/FridayThe13th1980 the first film]] in its opening scene, the film alludes the events of [[Film/FridayThe13thPart2 ''Part 2'']] by featuring a wheelchair and brown sweater in Jason's layer.

** [[spoiler:Jenna's death was originally much later in the film. She would successfully escape with Clay and Whitney to a bus, whereupon she the group would be intercepted by Jason, who would bash Jenna's head in with a fire extinguisher. original death.]]

** The initial idea for Chelsea's death was that seeing Jason on the shore would terrify her into staying in the water, where she would tire and drown. The producers requested a more visceral death for the character.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Despite the AxCrazy and brooding nature of Jason and the {{Jerkass}}-ishness of Trent, their actors Derek Mears and Travis Van Winkle are said to be {{Nice Guy}}s in real life by the cast and crew.

* DuelingMovies: Possibly with the 2009 ''Film/MyBloodyValentine3D'', given how it came a month apart from each other and starred Creator/JensenAckles and Creator/JaredPadalecki, the two stars of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Sam Winchester]] and [[Series/TheMentalist Grace Van Pelt]] are the leads.
*** The former was possibly a nod to how Jason was going to cameo in an episode of ''Supernatural'', but was unable to due to [[ExecutiveMeddling the usual reason why awesome things are canceled.]]
** [[Film/{{Transformers}} Trent is here again, and he's still an asshole]].
** [[Series/TheFlash2014 Caitlin Snow]] is Jenna.

** [[Series/TheFlash2014 Caitlin Snow]] is the film's DecoyProtagonist.

* DuelingMovies: Possibly with the 2009 ''Film/MyBloodyValentine3D'', given how it came a month apart from each other and starred JensenAckles and JaredPadalecki, the two stars of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.

** [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Sam Winchester]] and [[TheMentalist Grace Van Pelt]] are the leads.

** [[Film.{{Transformers}} Trent is here again, and he's still an asshole]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film was initially planned to be a prequel.

* DuelingMovies: Possibly with the 2009 ''Film/MyBloodyValentine'' remake, given how it came a month apart from each other and starred JensenAckles and JaredPadalecki, the two stars of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Sam Winchester]] and [[TheMentalist Grace Van Pelt]] are the leads.
** The former was possibly a nod to how Jason was going to cameo in an episode of ''Supernatural'', but was unable to due to [[ExecutiveMeddling the usual reason why awesome things are canceled.]]