‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ director believes Jim Carrey could play Freddy
Although Robert Englund has hung up his fedora and razor claws,… A Nightmare on Elm Street The franchise could continue with another Freddy Krueger.
Chuck Russell, co-writer/director A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), he said that although Englund “is the only Freddy” to him, he was confident Jim Carrey could play the killer after directing him. The mask (1994).
“Jim, in my opinion, could do almost anything if he put his heart into it,” he said on Dread Central. Development hell Podcast. “For Jim to do that, we have to do something that represents another leap in Elm Street Chain – Kind of like what Wes did to his meta New nightmare. I think Jim wouldn’t think about it, and I wouldn’t consider exploiting Jim unless there was a bold new direction for him Elm Street“.
In 2023, Englund said that “Too old and thick to play Freddy nowAfter originating the role in the first slasher film in 1984, he added: “I can no longer do fight scenes for more than one take, I have a bad neck, a bad back and arthritis in my right wrist. So I have to put it on hold, but I would love to play a special role.”
The actor said diverse At the time he thought Kevin Bacon “would be interesting” as Freddy, explaining: “I know he has respect for the genre, and he’s a good physical actor.”
Robert Englund in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) (New Line Cinema/Courtesy Everett Collection)
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After Englund’s final turn when he entered the burning bogeyman Freddy vs Jason (2003), Jackie Earle Haley took over the role in director Samuel Bayer’s 2010 remake of Wes Craven’s original film.
Russell said he would “love to do something else.” Elm Street “If there was the full support of everyone,” she said, adding that Patricia Arquette, who played Christine Parker in the sequel, “would have… She said she would like to do it again In the press.”