Halloween Kills Used A 1978 Image Of Bob Odenkirk For An Original Michael Myers Victim

This story is relayed in Abbie Bernstein’s new book “Halloween: The Official Making of Halloween, Halloween Kills, and Halloween Ends.” It really did just come together by happenstance. The hard part was getting clearance to use the image, though. How do you ring up Bob Odenkirk and ask to use possibly the nerdiest photo of him in your legacy horror sequel? David Gordon Green ended up getting in touch with Odenkirk’s manager who passed along the request.

“I’ve never met him, but I think that’s got to be the weirdest phone call. ‘Bob, we want to use your photo on a news broadcast from high school.'”

I don’t think Odenkirk has ever commented on his inclusion in “Halloween Kills,” but it’s clear the dude has a sense of humor about himself and I can only imagine he gets a kick out of his awkward yearbook photo finding use in a big pop culture series four decades after the fact. 

I mean, who wouldn’t want to be mistaken for PJ Soles’s boyfriend, even with those window pane specs?