Freddy Krueger Actor Robert Englund Has a Great Pitch For How a NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Reboot Should Be Handled
I'm sure that we haven't seen the last of Freddy Krueger. One day New Line Cinema is going to attempt to reboot the A Nightmare On Elm Street franchise again. If they do, Robert Englund, the actor who originally played Freddy Krueger, has an idea that gives the murderous dream monster a little twist.
While speaking at the 2018 Summer Television Critics Association press tour on a panel for upcoming AMC documentary series Eli Roth’s History of Horror, Englund shared his idea for a new take on Wes Craven’s iconic serial killer monster, saying:
"If I had an Eli Roth budget I would have cast different actors to play Freddy for every potential victim because Freddy is only alive in the imagination of his future victim. They would talk about it at a slumber party or in a locker room at school, or on the bus going home. All we know about this Fred Krueger is he wears a hat, wears a red and green striped sweater and has a clawed hand. That’s the specifics."
He goes on to explain how Krueger could take on a new look for each of his victims based on how they envisioned Freddy in their minds:
"So it could be a red and green cardigan for one Freddy. It could be an old tattered baseball cap for another Freddy. Freddy could be tall, he could be short, he could be overweight, he could be muscular. Every one of the victims could have a different Freddy they imagined. And you could haunt them with that Freddy."
I actually think that a pretty good idea of how to handle the character. I like that. Englund goes on to say that the end of the film would reveal the true face of Freddy... Robert Englund himself:
"And then at the end, it would be the ultimate victim and we see Freddy peel [his face] open and maybe it’s yours truly revealed. And it’s the essence of Freddy."
Englund went on to talk about the legacy of Freddy and how he's more than just a villain from the 80s:
“I don’t think Freddy is an ‘80s villain. There’s a huge nostalgia for the eighties for a variety of reasons, but so many horror films and characters transcend that decade."
If the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise ever got rebooted again, would you be up to see Freddy Krueger portrayed by several different actors depending on the imagination of his victims?
Via: Nerdist