A Long-Lost Character Returned When The Saw Franchise Needed It
Speaking of Dr. Gordon, one of the (originally) first victims in Saw, we never really saw much of him after that first entry. In real life, Cary Elwes and the producers of the franchise were in a legal dispute over compensation, which cause the character to mostly be absent. However, fans still assumed Lawrence Gordon was out there, lending his surgical precision to John Kramer’s twisted games. Sure enough, to drum up the hype for Saw: The Final Chapter, Dr. Gordon finally made his return and was revealed to be in on it (almost) the whole time! Through retcons and contract negotiations, anyone can come back from the shadows.
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