Icelandic Connection – Leatherface
Leatherface a.k.a Gunnar Hansen
A fact known to all Icelanders but few in the rest of the world. Leatherface was played by an Icelandic actor, Gunnar Hansen. Yes the main baddie from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre hails from Iceland. Hansen is an Icelandic author and actor who since acting in a the cult favorite has been keeping him self busy by writing and acting. Most recently he played the role of the Captain in the Icelandic Horror movie Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre.
Now you have a new connection you can throw out at your next cocktail party. You know, the cocktail parties where you discuss the classic horror movies of the seventies.
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