Renée Zellweger Thinks Her Cult Horror Movie With Matthew Mcconaughey Was Shot Illegally

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The "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" series is a unusual beast. Tobe Hooper's original movie is simply a classical — and an unrelenting workout successful axenic panic — but immoderate of nan sequels are a small spot wacky. This brings america Kim Henkel's "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation," nan franchise's disreputable (but entertaining) 4th installment that saw Matthew McConaughey and Renée Zellweger allegedly break nan rule to get it made. Both actors person since moved connected to bigger and amended things, but Zellweger hasn't forgotten astir her punk stone roots. As she told Yahoo Movies:

"It was ridiculous. How we pulled that off, I person nary idea. I'm judge nary of it was legal... But what an experience. It was kamikaze filmmaking."

Some of nan best scary movies ever made beryllium acknowledgment to filmmakers and actors breaking nan law. Acquiring shooting permits and each that jazz is clip consuming and expensive, aft all. Sure, "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation" isn't a masterpiece — it isn't moreover 1 of nan best scary movies of nan '90s. However, Henkel's flick admirably embodies nan DIY tone that produced immoderate classics, and that counts for something. That said, breaking nan rule wasn't nan only situation Zellweger and nan pack had to contend pinch to support costs down.

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These days, Renée Zellweger is astir apt utilized to surviving lavishly and being good taken attraction of connected movie sets. However, she hadn't cracked nan A-list erstwhile she signed up to play Jenny, a teen who conscionable wants to interest astir prom, successful "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation." In fact, nan "Bridget Jones" prima had to unrecorded modestly on pinch nan remainder of nan formed and unit during nan shoot. Here's what Zellweger had to opportunity connected nan matter successful nan aforementioned interview:

"We each shared a mini Winnebago that belonged to nan shaper of nan film. Makeup was [in] nan beforehand seat, and past location was a array successful nan mediate for hair, and past location was a mini small curtain backmost by nan bathroom, that's wherever you put your prom dress and flower on."

Despite this, Zellweger had a awesome clip making "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation" and seems to look backmost connected nan acquisition pinch fondness. Zellweger credited nan task for giving her awesome workouts, arsenic she spent a batch of clip moving distant from chainsaws, and fittingness is sometimes worthy breaking nan rule for.