The most well - have it away villain from theWrong Turnfranchise , Three - Finger , was originally play by actor Julian Richings in the 2003 moving-picture show , but he did n’t return to reprise the role in next installments .

Wrong Turnbecame an unconvincing franchise after every installment after the first , which starred Eliza Dushku , Desmond Harrington , Emmanuelle Chriqui , and Jeremy Sisto , go direct to video . The 1980s influenced cannibal horror moving-picture show took obvious notes from films of the same sub - genre such asWes Craven’sThe Hills Have Eyesand carry fast to traditional slasher movie tropes . Written by Alan B. McElroy , who has notably contributed to theHalloweenfranchise and worked onSpawn , among other projection , Wrong Turnhas maintain its audience even through home video installments because it sport copious measure of blood and gore , appal cannibal killers , nudity , and creative kills .

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Three - Finger was part of the original cannibal trio alongside his brother , Saw Tooth and One Eye . While other member of the cannibal folk were introduce throughout the series , Three - Finger is the only one to be have inall six motion picture within theWrong Turnfranchise . Richings ' functioning as the small , nimble , tree - climbing killer was a standout , with his fuzz - arouse cackle and gleeful joy in killing as opposed to the more lumbering , stoical affectedness of his brothers . However , despite making an effect on sports fan , Richings did not reprise his character in future installments .

Why Julian Richings Didn’t Reprise His Role As Three-Finger

There ’s no definitive intellect why Richings did n’t reprise his role inWrong Turn 2or any other installments within the enfranchisement , however , there are a few possibility . Richings is a longsighted - clip actorwho is have a go at it for roles in numerous films and television serial publication ; he ’s easy changeable in his roles and takes to make - up and prosthetics quite well , as demonstrate by his function inWrong Turn , which featured hard-nosed and make - up effects fromthe fabled Stan Winston(Jurassic Park , Pumpkinhead ) . Like other actors who are often disguised by their role in some direction or another , such as Doug Jones ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer , The Shape of Water ) , Richings seems to be draw to the horror genre because of his physical appearance and ability to completely drop off himself in a theatrical role .

Richings has go in major repugnance franchise likeSawand   with masters of revulsion George A. Romero and James Wan . It ’s likely that Richings just had other project booked and whenWrong Turn 2was casting , he was n’t available . Wrong Turn 2was filming in 2006 , and Richings was operate on multiple different labor ; the actor is credited for ten different roles in 2006 alone . This seems to be the most likely rationality why he did n’t add up back as Three - Finger , but the actor is still work as of 2020 , so there ’s always potential that he could be useable or concerned in reprising his role in the future .

TheWrong Turnfranchise has a seventh installment in the works , titledWrong Turn : The Foundationwhich is expected to release sometime in either 2020 or 2021 , depending on delay due to COVID-19.Wrong Turn 7is in Wiley Post - yield , but there has been no trailer release or liberate date set as of this writing .

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