Freddy Krueger, the character from Nightmare in the deep of the night, can’t sleep well.
the character of Freddy Kruegerstarring Robert Englund and created by director Wes Craven for the film Nightmare Deep in the Night (A Nightmare on Elm Streetin its original version), released in 1984 marked an entire generation.
In the horror film specialist Craven, four teenagers from the fictional city of Springwood, Ohio, are attacked and haunted in dreams by a serial killer, a man with burn marks on his face who uses a sharpened leather glove to kill. Curiously, the film was Johnny Depp’s film debut.
Robert Englund played this man, with the characteristics of a real nightmare that appeared everywhere he went, and the protagonists could not escape from falling asleep and dreaming. Freddy’s image continues to generate fear to this dayalso, to the actor himself who gave body to the character.
Robert Englund mimics the pose of the character who made him famous, Freddy Krueger.
The image returned by the mirror
In an interview for the British newspaper GuardianEnglund, who is 75, talked early in the shoot about the impressive makeup required by Freddy’s character and what it did to him. And to illustrate this, he told an anecdote that happened during the filming.
While they were putting on his make-up, in that long process that required him to transform his face into that of the fearsome and hideous killerEnglund took the opportunity to close his eyes and take a nap.
And he tells what happened next: “On the set it was very quiet. There was a table, a plastic chair and a mirror with small lamps around it: the classic make-up room. The lights were dim as I took the opportunity to do a nap, around 4 in the morning, with my head resting on a rolled up towel so as not to ruin my makeup. ”
Growing the suspense, he added: “I was waiting to be called to the set and I heard a knock on the door. When I sat downI saw this disfigured face looking at me in the mirror. the shock made me jump. I raised my hand and realized: ‘My God, it’s my reflection! ‘ But it was such an extraordinary moment that I still have it in my nightmares. “
Robert Englund admitted that he too has nightmares of his own character. Photo: AP
That terrifying image was what gave the character success and made him a classic of horror movies. Beyond his makeup, the actor wonders what made Freddy so terrifying.
an icon of terror
Nightmare deep in the nighthas imposed the menacing presence of the character of Freddy who gains his power by appearing in the dream world of the young people he terrifies.
The figure of disfigured man wearing a red and green t-shirt, hat and glove with knivesgave him international fame as an Englund who, in his real life, is the opposite of the character.
In Nightmare… several teenagers suffer from nightmares in which Freddy appears to them, a serial killer who in real life killed several children and teenagers; and that he got out of prison for technical reasons.
Until one day the parents of the victims burned it, in revenge. But Freddy vows to return to continue his killing spree. Finally, one of the young people manages to get Freddy out of the dream and take him to the real world to finish it off.
With this character, Englund has become the new star of horror movies, something that hasn’t happened since the 1960s, with characters like Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. And he was one of the few actors to make eight consecutive films in a saga, between 1984 and 2003.
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Source: Clarin
