Jackie Earle Haley "Curious" About Freddy Krueger

This isn't really the time to go into why I think the producers of the upcoming Nightmare on Elm Street remake are making a mistake by not doing the prequel instead. I mean, if there's ever a time to show Freddy Krueger as something other than a Borscht Belt comedian with razor gloves, it's now. The franchise is inactive, so why not uncover all those horrible, horrible crimes he committed, make him the worst kind of villain imaginable, and start the new franchise off that way? But this really isn't the time for that... There has been a lot of speculation about who will be Freddy in the new movie, and for a number of reasons. Freddy is unlike the other iconic horror movie villains. He can't just be a big guy behind a mask. Robert Englund created one of the defining movie characters of the last quarter century, and you have to have someone under all that makeup who can still show some personality. And what about Englund? Well, he won't be back anymore. Not even in a cameo. Since they're moving on, a couple of names have crept into the conversation. Billy Bob Thornton was a big rumor, but a bad rumor, too. That would never happen. But what about Jackie Earle Haley? When you see him as Rorschach in Watchmen, it begins to make more sense. And then if you saw his Oscar-nominated performance in Little Children, you realize that if they ever do make that prequel, Haley's a stone-cold lock for that incarnation of Freddy Krueger. The actor addressed those rumors recently to IGN, and he was as open about it as you could hope for: Haley had better decide pretty quickly if it's the role for him; the film begins shooting at the end of April, according to the latest reports. I think he'll probably take it. He can have loads of fun with it and it's a good paycheck, which has to be important for a working actor who spent almost 30 years out of the public consciousness. More importantly, even though he's a hot name for the role, I think he'd be a great fit.

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[Joey-Elijah]

euuugh.

I'd prefer modern sequels rather than continual remakes.