How Nick Castle Transformed Into Halloween’s Michael Myers

In 1978, a then-unknown Nick Castle first gave shape to Michael Myers in John Carpenter’s iconic horror flick Halloween. Though Castle didn’t reprise his role in any of the Halloween sequels or reboots from 1981 to 2009, the horror world was rocked when he donned the mask and coveralls once again for the 2018 sequel, also titled Halloween. Here’s how Castle became Halloween’s Michael Myers, . “The Shape.“ Castle explained during an October 2018 appearance on the podcast The Subplot that he sort of stumbled into playing Michael Myers. He was friends with John Carpenter for some time before the young director set out to bring Halloween to the big screen, even appearing in an uncredited cameo in Carpenter’s debut film Dark Star. When Carpenter went into production on Halloween, Castle asked his buddy if he could hang around set and watch him work, hoping the experience would “demystify“ what directing is really like, since Castle had aspirations to direct himself. Rather than just have his pal hanging ab