Billy Bob Thorton is going to be the new Freddy Krueger. Are you ok with it, not ok, or dont care?

I personally think Robert Englund should stay freddy krueger. Nightmare on Elm Street is my ALL TIME favorite movie since I could remember. Now they’re remaking it with Billy Bob Thorton as Freddy.
Grrrrrr. Its totally not going to be the same. I dont see why Robert Englund can’t do it.

No. Robert Englund was never asked to return to play Freddy Krueger. However, he did state in a recent interview that he wouldn’t mind playing a cameo. Robert Englund has expressed interest in seeing the role in a different actor’s hands. and said on August 12 2008, Englund stated that Krueger would instead by played by Billy Bob Thornton, a choice which Englund described as ‘excellent’. Because this film is a remake, the idea of Robert Englund returning seemed almost pointless – Robert Englund had such strong ties to the original and its sequels that his return would ultimately confuse audience’s into thinking the film was yet another sequel.

Billy Bob Thornton and Billy Southworth