Halloween Kills star, Anthony Michael Hall, shared his views on why the film avoided making Tommy Doyle and Lindsey Wallace a couple. After being announced alongside the impending Halloween Ends in July 2019 and facing delays from the original release date, Halloween Kills was released on October 15. The film saw Jamie Lee Curtis’ fifth reprisal of her iconic job as survivor Laurie Strode, alongside individual returning characters Tommy Doyle, Lindsey Wallace, Marion Chambers, Lonnie Elam, and Leigh Brackett, portrayed by Anthony Michael Hall, Kyle Richards, Nancy Stephens, Robert Longstreet, and Charles Ciphers, separately.
In a meeting with The Hollywood Reporter, star Anthony Michael Hall shared his considerations on the arrival of the two iconic characters and the film’s decision not to make the characters romantically involved. Hall had this to say:
I can only speak for myself, yet there’s a healthy amount of space you want to provide for different actors. Be that as it may, as a general rule, those nuances are investigated in the scene. So that was something that I calibrated and adjusted based on David’s guidance. It upholds that long, suffering kinship that they have. Certain individuals were in any event, wondering if they would end up married in this film or as a couple, yet it’s simply that bond that they’ve had since childhood.
Before the film’s release, many immediately assumed that the two would be composed as a couple because of Tommy and Lindsey’s long-awaited reunion. This was mainly because of the closeness and childhood bond the two shared in the 1978 movie, with Lindsey in any event, trusting Tommy’s rampant claims of the boogeyman when no other person would. During the film’s early production stages, many speculated that Christy, portrayed by actress Salem Collins, would be composed as the pair’s daughter because of her sharing a scene with Kyle Richards. Nonetheless, the creative team ultimately ruled against making Tommy and Lindsey a couple.
While the potential for romance between them was there, having them remain dear companions for more than forty years created a significantly more profound connection between them. Showcasing these two characters being similarly as close as they were the point at which they were children features exactly how strong their bond really is independently. Audiences can see these two characters face off against fiendish together in Halloween Kills right now in theaters and on streaming administrations.
