While Texas Chainsaw 3D did not resurrect the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series, it did provide moviegoers with some unforgettable moments, albeit ones that are remembered for being notorious rather than praised. Fans weren’t the only ones who were dissatisfied with the picture.

Actor Alexandra Daddario recalls one line from Texas Chainsaw 3D that she sought to have cut from the film in a recent interview with Collider.

“I wanted to cut the line, ‘Do your thing, cuz.’ Do you remember that line where I say, ‘Do your thing, cuz,’ and then throw him the chainsaw? And the producer was like, ‘This is the movie,’ you know? And so I think that that’s just what the movie is. It’s supposed to be silly and the audience is supposed to laugh and be scared and whatever.”

She went on to say, “But when you ask why, there’s plenty of movies that I don’t know why! Maybe no one knows what they’re doing. I have no idea!”

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Alexandra Daddario, on the other hand, appears appreciative for the Texas Chainsaw 3D experience, unlike other famous actors who got their break after starring in a horror franchise chapter.

Daddario stated that she feels “very grateful to have been in it. I had a really unique experience shooting that film … I was young and I was having trouble getting work, and I was very excited to book the job and be working. I was of a certain age where going off with a bunch of people your age and working was very exciting.”

That production experience taught Daddario a lot about dealing with on-set issues and how film companies engage with their productions, in addition to hiring Texas Chainsaw just when she needed it:

“There were a lot of challenges on that project like there are on every project by the way, but it taught me about what happens when things go wrong, what happens when things go right, why did they go wrong, why shouldn’t they have happened, how does the studio get involved when something goes wrong, how studios interact with projects. Again, it was just a learning experience for me coming off of Percy Jackson and I think I had done Hall Pass before that … but projects where there were issues, certainly, because there’s issues on everything, but these were more severe. But that, again, things go wrong. You can learn a lot from mistakes.”

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Another puzzling aspect of the story was that it was intended to be a direct sequel to the 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, with Daddario playing the wicked Leatherface’s younger sister. This meant that her character was 40 years old, despite the fact that Daddario and the rest of the cast were in their mid-20s.

When questioned if she was aware of the film’s muddled storyline, Daddario told ComicBook.com that she was. “I heard this before. No, I did not. I think that this was a film that was made to sell in a certain way, and they decided to ignore some of the history of Texas Chainsaw, which I know because hardcore fans have brought it to my attention before. But they took creative license, and I think that we ended up with a really fun movie and I’m lucky to have gotten the role, but I have heard that.”

Tremaine “Trey Songz” Neverson, Scott Eastwood, Tania Raymonde, Shaun Sipos, Keram Malicki-Sanchez, James MacDonald, Thom Barry, Paul Rae, Richard Riehle, Bill Moseley, Gunnar Hansen, John Dugan, and Marilyn Burns joined Daddario in the cast, with Dan Yeager portraying Leatherface.

A new Texas Chainsaw Massacre has been filmed and is expected to be released later this year.