We refer to him as Classic," says Nicotero of their callout to the old-school Predator. "We recreated him when [our puppeteer] Shannon [Shea] worked at Stan Winston Studios on the original version and he worked on the set. So we were actually there. ... We were going back to the original film in terms of tone and spirit. You know, when you watch the last AvP movie, it's like a Freddy Vs. Jason movie. They just took out Freddy and Jason and put in aliens. So it's really going back to the spirit of what the film was originally intended to be. ... It was really the first time that we had seen this Classic Predator look since the first movie, because the designs had changed and everyone put their fingerprints on it here and there. So it kind of went back to the beginning. It was really exciting for everybody. It was one of those situations where you can't just take a mold off of the shelf and go, 'O.K., well here's the Predator hand.' And now we're going to make every single piece, all the dreadlocks and all of the jewelry on the dreadlocks. And every single piece had to be sculpted and molded and designed and manufactured."
Derek Mears, a.k.a. Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th remake, is playing the Classic Predator. At approximately 6 feet 3 inches tall, he's a big guy. But not so much when compared to the actors playing the Super Predators.
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