Robert Englund doubts he’ll ever play Freddie Krueger once more.
The 72-year-old actor performed the horror icon eight instances within the ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ franchise – however Robert admits he’s now ”too lengthy within the tooth” to reprise the position.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Robert stated: ”I do not suppose I’ll ever don the make-up once more.
”I’m a little bit too previous for that. I’m a little bit lengthy within the tooth to play Freddy now. I believe if I used to be doing it, it could be extra like Freddy vs. Viagra.”
However, Robert revealed he could be ready to play a cameo position, ought to the franchise be rebooted.
He stated: ”I do know that the rights to ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ have gone again to the Wes Craven household property. And I do know they’ve checked out a number of totally different submissions and concepts.
”I’m hoping they’re open-minded, as a result of there’s a number of younger screenwriters and wannabe director-screenwriters which have been form of obsessive about the horror style and have some attention-grabbing concepts.”
Robert added: ”I might like to be invited again in the event that they determine to reboot ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3: The Dream Warriors’.
”I might love to return again and possibly play the dream analyst, the girl within the remedy classes who would not consider that there could be such a factor as a collective nightmare that is frequent to a gaggle of individuals.
”I believe it could be enjoyable for the followers, it could be enjoyable for me to play the half initially performed by a lady and do a flip on that. I believe there’s form of a practice within the horror style of cameos like that, so that might be enjoyable for me.”
‘Lord of the Rings’ star Elijah Wood has expressed a need to reboot the slasher sequence and lately revealed his ambition of involving Robert in a possible film.
He stated: ”You should carry Robert Englund again for yet another movie. I believe, particularly if you are going to open up a brand new franchise and take it in numerous instructions, you need to set up it with him after which you’ll be able to transfer on.”
