While Robert Englund had been acting regularly in both film and TV since the ’70s, it wasn’t until landing the role of supernatural serial killer Freddy Krueger in Wes Craven’s 1984 classic A Nightmare on Elm Street that he truly became immortal. Englund would of course go on to play Freddy seven more times, with his final outing coming in 2003 hit Freddy vs. Jason. Despite New Line and Platinum Dunes’ failed 2010 attempt to reboot the Nightmare series without Englund, in the eyes of most fright fans the actor is and will forever be synonymous with the part.
While Englund’s time bringing Freddy to life in movies has seemingly come and gone for good, he still has a lot of affection for the role of Elm Street’s resident dream demon, and still regularly delights fans with tales of his years under ...
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