It’s been too long since we saw Freddy Krueger on the big screen. Leaving aside his blink and you’ll miss it cameo in Ready Player One, he last appeared in the 2010 reboot of A Nightmare on Elm Street, with Jackie Earle Haley donning the razor-clawed glove. But as good as Haley was, he’s no Robert Englund, whose last full performance was in Freddy vs. Jason way back in 2003.
We may yet see Englund back in the role in a future movie, but as he celebrated his 73rd birthday earlier this month, he seems to be busy making plans for a successor. And that might just be Kevin Bacon, who Englund anointed as the one actor he believes could do the role justice. Now, Bloody Disgusting have asked Bacon whether he’d be interested and he said the following:
“Sure. It would take a lot of makeup…”
I...
We may yet see Englund back in the role in a future movie, but as he celebrated his 73rd birthday earlier this month, he seems to be busy making plans for a successor. And that might just be Kevin Bacon, who Englund anointed as the one actor he believes could do the role justice. Now, Bloody Disgusting have asked Bacon whether he’d be interested and he said the following:
“Sure. It would take a lot of makeup…”
I...
- 6/25/2020
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
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