Spiral Director Explains Why Saw Actor Tobin Bell Wasn’t Included

Well, there you have it. Darren Lynn Bousman simply didn’t want to and it didn’t feel right for him for this particular movie. Though as he told ComicBook, it was most certainly in discussions a ton during the filming. I can imagine it was tough to let Tobin Bell’s presence go from the franchise this time around, but the filmmaker didn’t just want to shoehorn him in just to keep a streak going, and that’s a respectable decision too.