Robert Englund is done playing Freddy Krueger. We all know this by now. But today we have word that Englund would love to be invited back if the powers that be decide to reboot THE BLOB director Chuck Russell's A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET PART 3: THE DREAM WARRIORS.
He says:
I would love to be invited back if they decide to reboot A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3: The Dream Warriors. I would love to come back and maybe play the dream analyst, the woman in the therapy sessions who doesn’t believe that there can be such a thing as a collective nightmare that’s common to a group of people. I think it would be fun for the fans, it would be fun for me to play the part originally played by a woman and do a flip on that. I think there’s kind of a tradition in the horror genre of cameos like that, so that would be fun for me.
As for returning as Freddy, Englund reiterates:
I don’t think I’ll ever don the makeup again. I’m a little too old for that. I’m a little long in the tooth to play Freddy now. I think if I was doing it, it would be more like Freddy vs. Viagra. I know that the rights to A Nightmare on Elm Street have gone back to the Wes Craven family estate. And I know they’ve looked at a lot of different submissions and ideas. I’m hoping they’re open-minded because there’s a lot of young screenwriters and wannabe director-screenwriters that have been kind of obsessed with the horror genre and have some interesting ideas. But I have no idea whether they’re going to go on and create completely new stories or whether they’re going to go back and do prequels or origin stories on the Freddy Krueger myth. I don’t know what they’re up to. So, I’m just waiting to hear.
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS starred Heather Langenkamp as Nancy, Patricia Arquette as Kristen, and Robert Englund as Freddy. Craig Wasson joined them as Dr. Gordon with Ken Sagoes as Roland, Rodney Eastman as Joey, Jennifer Rubin as Taryn, Laurence Fishburne as Max Daniels, Bradley Gregg as Phillip, Ira Heiden as Will, Penelope Sudrow as Jennifer, and John Saxon as Donald Thompson.
Kristen Parker (Patricia Arquette) who has her wrists slashed by Freddy (Robert Englund) during a dream. Her mother mistakes the wounds for a suicide attempt and sends Kristen to a psychiatric ward, where she joins a group of similarly troubled teens. One of the doctors is Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp), who senses a potential in the kids to rid the world of Freddy once and for all.
It was directed by Chuck Russell (THE BLOB) from a screenplay he co-wrote along with Wes Craven (SCREAM), Bruce Wagner, and Frank Darabont (THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION) from a story by Craven and Wagner based on the classic characters created by Craven. As always, Robert Shaye produced. Angelo Badalamenti (BLUE VELVET) provided the score. New Line Cinema released it back on February 27, 1987.
The film sports a 74% approval rating over on Rotten Tomatoes with a Critics Consensus that reads: "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors offers an imaginative and surprisingly satisfying rebound for a franchise already starting to succumb to sequelitis." BUY IT HERE.