How Goldberg’s convinced Robert Englund to play Freddy Krueger again!!

After 15 years away, Robert Englund will return for one time only as Freddy Krueger for the Halloween episode of The Goldbergs. Creator Adam F. Goldberg has explained how he got Robert to say yes to Freddy again:

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“Convincing Robert Englund to come out of retirement to play Freddy Krueger one last time is a true bucket-list moment for me as a writer. I’ve been a longtime obsessive fan, collecting Freddy artwork and action figures. It took me months to convince Robert to revisit the character. Luckily, his manager Joe Rice is a big Goldbergs fan and helped me convince Robert that the world needed to see Freddy one last time. The moment Robert read the scene, I envisioned he recognized that I was a true fan who knew the voice of Freddy. On our first call when we went over the script, I told him ‘of course I knew how to write lines for Freddy. He traumatized me as a child and is burned into my brain!’

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Mister Knifey-Hands, is set to air next week. Adam F. Goldberg released a statement:

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“Watching Robert spend four hours getting back into makeup and bringing our script to life was a true dream and by far a highlight of the show for our cast and crew. The story in this episode is actually true, after I saw Elm Street 3, I didn’t sleep for a week and my mom was beside herself and desperate to fix the problem.”

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Freddy Krueger was las seen in 2003’s Freddy vs. Jason. Adam F. Goldberg said that this whole episode is actually based on his own experience as a kid, having been scared to death after seeing A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.

The Goldbergs Halloween episode airs Wednesday October 24th on ABC. 

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