He has worked with Darren Lynn Bousman, who directed the films in the Saw series, on six projects; Identity Lost, Butterfly Dreams, Saw III, Repo! The Genetic Opera, the Fear Itself episode "New Year's Day", and Devil's Carnival. Two of which were Darren Lynn Bousman's first short films, Repo! The Genetic Opera was a short directed by Darren Lynn Bousman to promote a feature film to Lionsgate. It successfully did and after Saw IV, Darren Lynn Bousman directed a full-length feature film version of Repo! The Genetic Opera, in which J. Larose played the Vanity and Vein reporter who interviews Rotti Largo about Zydrate addiction. J. Larose played the lead in each; Butterfly Dreams and Identity Lost. However, he made his Hollywood film debut in a much smaller role as Troy, a helpless victim of Jigsaw in Saw III. A new commentary track with Darren Lynn Bousman and J. Larose was included on the Director's Cut DVD of Saw III. LaRose plays The Major in The Devil's Carnival, an upcoming film from Darren Lynn Bousman and Terrance Zdunich of Repo! fame to be screened on tour beginning in April, 2012.