Do you think Jason Ritter got his leading role in this film solely by being named Jason? Because it sure as shit wasn't because of his acting.
cover art via: http://photos.imageevent.com/afap/wallpapers/anightmareonelmstreet/huge/freddy%20vs%20jason2.jpg The best part about that poster is the big fucking AOL logo at the bottom, with AOL Keyword: Freddy vs. Jason written next to it. AOL keywords were already years out of date in 2003, when this film was released, but at this point New Line was owned by AOL-TimeWarner, so they really, really wanted to keep pretending AOL was a thing that people used.
Sidenote: If you want a reminder of what a terrible idea AOL buying Time Warner was was, Fortune has a well written article, from the start of 2015, that looks back on that merger: http://fortune.com/2015/01/10/15-years-later-lessons-from-the-failed-aol-time-warner-merger/
