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Kevin Bacon would consider playing A Nightmare on Elm Street villain Freddy Krueger

The Footloose actor revealed he wouldn't be 'opposed' to the idea

Jacob Stolworthy
Thursday 18 August 2016 15:49 BST
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Kevin Bacon is one of those actors who can seem to star in anything - whether it's films, television and EE adverts - without denting his career in any way.

Over the course of three decades, he has starred in an array of films with differing genres including Footloose, Mystic River and X-Men: First Class.

One such role that Twitter user @bettietoxic believes Bacon would suit, though, is that of horror villain Freddy Krueger. Upon sharing her musing last week on social media, she found many users agreed with her sentiment - the actor included who even went so far as to reply to the message.


Speaking on WGN shortly afterwards to promote his gig as part of music duo The Bacon Brothers, he explained how he had flippantly responded to the message which ended up traversing the internet like wildfire.

"I'm not opposed to it, though," he added. "I'll do anything."


With no roles in the pipeline following the completion of films The Darkness and Patriot's Day - not to mention the cancellation of crime drama series The Following in 2015 - Bacon would make the ideal candidate to replace Robert Englund as Krueger.

Englund's classic horror villain first appeared in Wes Craven's 1984 classic A Nightmare on Elm Street. He reprised the role a further seven times to make him one of two actors to have played a role eight consecutive times (the other being Doug Bradley who is best known for playing Pinhead in the Hellraiser franchise).

A remake of the original was released in 2010 and starred Jackie Earle Haley as the horror icon. With a second remake being planned, consider Bacon's name well and truly in the ring.

If anything, it'll make @bettietoxic one step closer to becoming a Hollywood casting agent

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