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As Derek Mears prepares to don the world's scariest hockey mask for his role in the next Friday the 13th movie, the actor continues to speak out on the role.

The star recently spoke to Movie Web about the latest incarnation of Jason Voorhees.

Well, he is a little leaner. They wanted something that was more functional. He is a guy that is living in the forest. And he isn't able to eat so much. But he is still actiony. He is lean and functional. With Scott's design, the body is really defined by the hump.

On film you will see it cut out, and then it will cut in. As a fan, I was screaming, "Yes! This is what I want to see!" That's what I told them when I originally got hired. I met with them and told them, 'This is not an ego thing. If you think I am right for this, Awesome! But just as a fan, I want to see more Friday the 13th. I want you to keep doing it.'

We don't think Derek Mears actually condones the murderous actions of iconic killer Jason Voorhees.

But as the actor takes on the for for February's remake of Friday the 13th, he can at least understand why this hockey mask-wearing character acts how he does.

"He's been wronged. People come in, he fights back and it's brutal, but you also understand why he's doing it," Mears told ShockTillYouDrop. "There's that sympathy for the character. He's not a villain, he doesn't see himself that way."

Mears continued with his Jason analysis:

"I did research for the character, about survivalists, the psychology of survival when you're by yourself. But also child development. Where it happened when [Jason] saw his mom get killed, he was like nine or ten years old.

At that stage of child development is when you start to become integrated into society and so being that society was already against him and his mom is his only tie to the world, he loses her. He never got the chance to go through to have skills with other people, thus, he doesn't understand and pulls back."

The folks at Bloody Disgusting have posted the first hi-res photo Jason Voorhees (Derek Mears) in Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema's Friday the 13th remake.

Check out the new masked killer, who returns to the big screen on February 13, 2009.

Can you recognize Derek Mears underneath that mask?

Derek Mears takes on the iconic role of Jason Voorhees in the 2009 remake of Friday the 13th?

And while he may be scary behind the hockey mask, the actor is nothing but proud of the fact that becoming Jason will send him into a level of notoriety among horror fans even beyond that of past movies such as Cursed and The Hills Have Eyes II.

Derek Mears is set to wear the mask of Jason Voorhees.

Moreover, Mears said he’s already feeling welcome in the rank of horror elites that includes names like Kane Hodder, Andrew Bryniarski and other giants of the industry.

“I have a lot of respect for the guys from the [various] horror series, because I’m also a fan,” the actor said.

“But it’s been really nice, because some of the Jasons who have played Jason before me have contacted me and been like ‘Hey, man. Welcome to the party! Welcome to the team!’ People have been really, really welcoming and kind.”

According to ComingSoon.net, Derek Mears has been cast as Jason Voorhees in New Line Cinema and Platinum Dunes' new Friday the 13th movie.

Mears recently starred in The Hills Have Eyes II and has done stunts for the Pirates of the Caribbean films, as well as the upcoming Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

All Derek Mears needs is a hockey mask and he's ready to play Jason Voorhees.

Ken Kirzinger last strapped on the Voorhees hockey mask in Freddy vs. Jason.

The next Friday the 13th film, which also stars Jared Padalecki, is scheduled for a release on February 13, 2009.