 Veteran Friday the 13th actor Kane Hodder (qv) who played the part  of Jason in the last four Friday the 13th movies offered to reprise  his role as Jason Voorhees in this film but was turned down because  director Ronny Yu (qv) as well as New Line had their own image of  what they wanted the Jason character to look like and believed Jason  should be gigantically big, and because it was "Freddy Vs Jason," Yu  always thought that in this comic book style that he was going to  exploit, Jason would be larger than life, almost basketball player  like. So Yu wanted an actor who would tower over  Robert Englund (qv) (Freddy Krueger) so he could create a David  and Goliath/Popeye and Brutus/King Kong and Godzilla/Rocky Balboa  and Ivan Drago sort of visual imagery between Freddy and Jason. And  Yu felt Hodder was too short for the role and wanted a new actor to  play Jason. Also, Yu thought Kane Hodders eyes were too intense and  wanted the Jason character to have more sympathetic, soulful eyes  that could reflect pain and loss because Yu wanted Jason to come off  as a sad, pathetic, Phantom of the Opera type character. This was  the call sheet New Line use for actors trying out for the part of  Jason: "20s to late 30s . 63" 