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Jenna is the deuteragonist of the 2009 remake of Friday the 13th and Clay Miller's love interest.
She can be considered to be a loose pastiche of both Chris Higgins (from Friday the 13th Part III) and Trish Jarvis (from Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter).
She was portrayed by Danielle Panabaker, who also played Killer Frost in the Arrowverse.
Biography[]
Jenna is Trent DeMarco's girlfriend. She is athletic, good-natured, and adventurous. She meets Clay at a gas station and immediately feels a romantic interest for him. Jenna and Clay eventually meet up again, and she decides to help him look for his sister, Whitney. Jenna and Clay stumble upon Jason's home and return to the cabin where most of Jenna's friends are dead. Jenna, Clay and Trent are left and Trent wants to leave with Jenna while Clay wants to go find his sister. Jenna ends up deciding to stay with Clay, angering Trent even more. When Jenna and Clay find Jason's lair they find Clay's sister. As Clay attempts to free Whitney, Jenna hears Jason coming and warns Clay to hurry. Jenna, Clay and the now released Whitney attempt to escape and they eventually find an exit. When Whitney and Clay are safe Clay tries to aid Jenna but Jason stabs her in the chest after sneaking up behind her.
Behind the Scenes[]
Danielle Panabaker, in her breakthrough role that would also lead up to her being typecast as other ill-fated key characters in horror films such as The Crazies, The Ward, and Piranha 3DD (which is so far as of 2012 Panabaker's only horror film where her main character has not died).
Notes & Trivia[]
- Scout Taylor-Compton auditioned for the role of 'Jenna' which eventually went to Danielle Panabaker.
- The script originally had Jenna dying later on in the film than she did in the final cut. In the finished film, Jenna is killed as Clay and Whitney are pulling her out of Jason's lair. Originally, Jenna would have hidden from Jason in the abandoned bus with Clay and Whitney after escaping from his lair, exchanged dialogue with Clay about doing something more romantic on their next date and she then would have been killed by Jason with a fire extinguisher.
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