Myth

“Nick Castle was the only person ever in the mask.”

Wrong
Correction

At least five people wore it during the 1978 shoot.

Castle, Wallace (closet scene), Winburn (balcony fall), Debra Hill and other crew (per AFI), and Dick Warlock in Halloween II.

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What people actually said
“Multiple cast and crew wore the mask during filming, including producer Debra Hill.”
AFI Catalog of Feature Films — n.d.1

All 22 myths

Sources on this page
  1. documentary
    Halloween (1978) — catalog entry — AFI Catalog of Feature Films ↗
  2. secondary
    Tommy Lee Wallace — Wikipedia ↗
  3. secondary · 2022-11-21
    Original Michael Myers Stuntman James Winburn Has Passed Away — Bloody Disgusting — John Squires ↗
  4. secondary
    Halloween II (1981 film) — Wikipedia ↗

Grades: Established multiple independent sources incl. first-hand or documentary evidence · Reported one credible source or the filmmakers’ standard retelling · Disputed the people involved contradict each other · Myth widely repeated, no source, contradicted by first-hand accounts.