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He’s finally living the dream.
Ahead of the June 6 release of his documentary, “Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story,” the 75-year-old actor spoke with Variety about hanging up his Freddy Krueger claws and envisioning the future of the “Nightmare on Elm Street” franchise.
“I’m too old and thick to play Freddy now,” Englund explained. “I just can’t do fight scenes for more than one take anymore, I’ve got a bad neck and bad back and arthritis in my right wrist. So I have to hang it up, but I would love to cameo.”
“Elm Street” premiered in 1984. Englund played Freddy in eight “Elm Street” films — the last one being “Freddy vs. Jason” in 2003 — and in a TV series in the late 1980s.
Jackie Earle Haley was cast as Freddy for the 2010 “Elm Street” remake. The movie was a financial success, but didn’t resonate in the same way with fans, Englund believes, because Freddy was a child molester instead of a killer.
