<Dl> <Dd> Sam Strike plays Jackson , born Jedidiah Sawyer , as one of the four inmates that escape the mental institution , before ultimately becoming the eponymous Leatherface after enduring tragedies that destroy his cognitive stability . Leatherface is a mentally disabled serial killer seen throughout the TCM franchise , known for wearing masks made of human skin , and using a chainsaw and mallet as his signature weapons . Strike joined the film after reading the script , which he opined was , for a horror film , very character - driven . He felt that there needed to be a contrast between the two sides of the character , to show how a somewhat kind person can become such a killer : `` It could happen to anybody . He had it in him because of his mother , but was at the mercy of his environment . '' Strike integrated aspects from the original film into his performance out of respect , but wanted to give his own interpretation instead of imitating what came before . To make the character 's transformation more believable , Strike intentionally tried to gain physical body weight before filming : `` I was trying to eat as much as I could to just feel physically capable . Chainsaws , in reality , are very heavy , especially ones that are manufactured back in the ' 50s and ' 60s . Leatherface looks like he could take your head off with a slap ; I wanted to be able to feel that way . '' Strike believed that the character 's bursts of rage throughout the film contributed to his final permanent state as a monster . He developed a `` battle cry '' for whenever Leatherface lost his temper . As someone who was taken from his biological family and put into foster care at an early age , Jedidiah Sawyer was written in the screenplay to have been adopted at one point by a family that wanted a little girl , forcing him to wear drag clothing as a child and foreshadowing his gender ambiguity in the 1974 Texas Chain Saw Massacre . This plot point was absent from the final cut of the film . </Dd> </Dl>
<Dl> <Dd> Sam Strike plays Jackson , born Jedidiah Sawyer , as one of the four inmates that escape the mental institution , before ultimately becoming the eponymous Leatherface after enduring tragedies that destroy his cognitive stability . Leatherface is a mentally disabled serial killer seen throughout the TCM franchise , known for wearing masks made of human skin , and using a chainsaw and mallet as his signature weapons . Strike joined the film after reading the script , which he opined was , for a horror film , very character - driven . He felt that there needed to be a contrast between the two sides of the character , to show how a somewhat kind person can become such a killer : `` It could happen to anybody . He had it in him because of his mother , but was at the mercy of his environment . '' Strike integrated aspects from the original film into his performance out of respect , but wanted to give his own interpretation instead of imitating what came before . To make the character 's transformation more believable , Strike intentionally tried to gain physical body weight before filming : `` I was trying to eat as much as I could to just feel physically capable . Chainsaws , in reality , are very heavy , especially ones that are manufactured back in the ' 50s and ' 60s . Leatherface looks like he could take your head off with a slap ; I wanted to be able to feel that way . '' Strike believed that the character 's bursts of rage throughout the film contributed to his final permanent state as a monster . He developed a `` battle cry '' for whenever Leatherface lost his temper . As someone who was taken from his biological family and put into foster care at an early age , Jedidiah Sawyer was written in the screenplay to have been adopted at one point by a family that wanted a little girl , forcing him to wear drag clothing as a child and foreshadowing his gender ambiguity in the 1974 Texas Chain Saw Massacre . This plot point was absent from the final cut of the film . </Dd> </Dl>
who played leatherface in the new texas chainsaw massacre
who played leatherface in the new texas chainsaw massacre
Sam Strike
Sam Strike