Is it safe to say then that fans have seen the last of Robert Englund’s Freddy Kruger?
I think so. I mean, there was a script floating around that was a prequel to the original “Nightmare On Elm Street.” At one time I had heard that John MacNaughton was attached. He’s the guy that did “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer” which is one of my favorite films. I heard that it was a pretty decent script, now this was nine or ten years ago when I heard this. I probably would have to dye my hair now. Well I wouldn’t really have to dye my hair but I’d have to shave my beard. I think I could probably still play Freddy out of make-up. This was the whole story, before the parents burn him. I’ve always kind of wanted to have a crack at that. But you know I’m getting a little long in the tooth now. I’ve got a full beard of white hair. I look kind of like a cross between George C. Scott, Trevor Howard and Ernest Hemmingway. I’m sort of playing a lot of doctors, scientists, mad scientists, fathers, sheriffs and things like that now. You know you always feel younger than you look and I l
