Special Effects Master Tom Savini’s Character, Blades, Wasn’t In The Script
The introduction of the biker gang in the final act of Dawn of the Dead shakes things up quite a bit for the survivors taking refuge in the mall, but one of their leaders, Blades, wasn’t even supposed to be there, according to the person who portrayed him, none other than Tom Savini. In the interview with Pittsburgh City Paper (the same one with the drunk zombies), the special effects god revealed that his part wasn’t in the script but George A. Romero kept putting him into scenes. The next thing Savini knew, he was the leader of the gang in what he called the “longest Halloween” of his life.
