Although Saw's John Kramer was never written into Spiral: From the Book of Saw's script, it doesn't mean that Spiral co-writers didn't discuss ways he could appear in the 2021 film.
Ultimately, Spiral writers Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger decided against bringing Jigsaw back. However, Stolberg shared two possible ways, amongst several, that the Spiral creative team imagined Kramer could return, telling Bloody Disgusting, "Was it discussed? Yes! Ad Nauseam. We were always talking about it, because why the hell wouldn’t we be?"
The Spiral co-writer continued, "John Kramer is one of the best characters ever written in the horror genre. Tobin Bell is one of the best actors... What were those scenes? If you look at the timeline of Kramer’s death, we knew that if they had a connection (John and William), it would have had to have been when William was a child because of the dates of Kramer’s death and the age of Max’s character. At one point, we proposed an after-credits sequence where John meets Young William after the boy’s father is killed. And in that scene, John bonds with William… A moment occurs between them that means something emotionally to both of them… We even discussed that John might give William a doll (Billy… Mr. Snuggles…)."
However, the screenwriter clarified that the proposed post-credits scene was never written nor is in the Saw-universe canon, stating, "This isn’t a real scoop or leak because it’s just some excited screenwriter talking, but... How cool would it be to bring all those stories together?"
Stolberg also shared that Spiral director Darren Lynn Bousman suggested a playful way to allude to Tobin Bell's John Kramer character. "Darren had an interesting idea (even after we decided that we were not filming that post-credits scene with Tobin) --, he suggested that we might use one of Tobin’s songs for the final credits of the film," he said. "Tobin is an amazing singer, and he recorded this incredible version of a Johnny Cash song that Darren pitched using for the end credits. He tried it. It was a way to get, 'John in the movie… without him being in the movie.' But it just felt a little gimmicky at the end of the day."
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, Spiral: From the Book of Saw stars Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols and Zoie Palmer. The film is currently in theaters.
Source: Bloody Disgusting
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