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JACKIE EARLE HALEY IS FREDDY KRUEGER?

POSTED BY Buckminster Schumacker III | FRIDAY APRIL 3 AT 4:53 PDT 
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (2010)

This afternoon, BloodyDisgusting broke the news that actor Jackie Earle Haley is in final talks to play Freddy Krueger in Sam Bayer's update of A Nightmare on Elm Street, and that we can expect an official announcement as early as next week.  (Shooting begins at the end of this month in Chicago.)

This is some inspired casting.  Haley has proven himself time and again in the twisted character roles.  No matter what camp you fall into with Watchmen, you can't deny Haley as Rorschach was the best part about the film.  And his turn as Ronnie the pedophile in Little Children is nothing short of brilliant.  Every time I do my impression of Ronnie masturbating in the car, my girlfriend cries.  So that should count for something. 

Watch that clip after the jump!  Fast forward to 4:58 if you can't wait until the masturbating part.  (How often has that sentence been bandied about on the 'nets?

 

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    April 6th, 2009 at 03:20 pm Bitchin'!! Tropics Rule!! (for the other 2 people that have seen Semi-Pro)
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    April 6th, 2009 at 05:11 pm "Where's my money?" (I guess I am one of those two other people.)
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    April 7th, 2009 at 07:01 am LOL Let's get Tropical!!
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    May 18th, 2009 at 05:34 pm my name is angel veg aand iam here to say once more i think casting sumone else then robert englund is insane not only bad fer reel freddy fans bout its gonna be bad for ur pockets do ur self a faver and bringg back robert eglund the real fredy
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    July 25th, 2009 at 04:09 pm I do hope "angel veg" was typing on a mobile device - that spelling is atrocious, not to mention the grammar. Whew!
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