Trivia: When Lori is sedated so she can bring Freddy out of Jason's dream, she mutters the limerick "Now I lay me down to sleep...", this line was used by Nancy in the original 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' when she entered her own to dream to face off with Freddy for the final time.
Trivia: This is the only film in which Jason arguably ends up as a "good guy." He's depicted much more benignly than usual (even "aggressive" fan-favorite Kane Hodder lost the role this time), with repeated emphasis that he is an innocent with the mind of a child only trying to please the memory of his psychotic mother. Even his murders in this film are merely him doing the manipulative Freddy's bidding. When the childlike Jason turns on the child-killer Freddy, it's a shockingly poetic justice.
Trivia: The filmmakers found it too difficult to give the film a definitive "winner" in the fight of Freddy VS Jason, as they didn't want to alienate fans of either franchise. Thus, the decision was made to have Freddy appear to "win" the first fight taking place in the dream, while having Jason appear to "win" in the second fight taking place in the real world, before giving an ambiguous ending implying that both may have survived. However, several crew members (including director Ronny Yu) later stated that Freddy is the one who would most likely be called the "winner", given his massive power and that his goal of being "remembered" had been completed.
Trivia: Freddy Krueger only kills a single person in this entire film.
Answer: This is one of those questions where we'll probably never know the real reason because different people involved have different stories as to why Kirzinger was picked over Holder. Holder himself has said he doesn't know why he didn't reprise the role, especially since he was told he would and was given a script. Some accounts say Yu wanted Jason to tower over Freddy and Kirzinger is 2" taller than Holder. One of the casting directors said Yu thought Holder's version of Jason was too campy. Meanwhile, Yu said it was New Line Cinema's decision to recast Holder because they want to change the direction of the film and used this film as a reboot of the series.
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