 What is going on guys welcome back to the channel critical overload here So we're talking about nightmare in Elm Street in this video here today more specifically Robert England's recent commas whip variety on The 2010 remake and where he thinks it went wrong The future of the franchise or how he thinks it should be tackled or what he would do I guess if he were the one involved with it creatively from a writing perspective Talking about his role as Freddy Krueger and why he's not down to return and who he thinks should take up the mantle from him Spoiler is Kevin Bacon still he's just doubled down on it But just to start off with these comments he had about the remake and where he thinks it went wrong He says he had some great comments to make about Jackie Haley who played Freddie in the 2000s and remake he said Jackie's just so good a wonderful actor So I don't think it was that I've always thought that Freddie is described as a child killer So when they made Freddie a child molester, that's not what Freddie is. I don't think by taking it to such a dark dark place There's no room for the personality of Freddie to be exploited in a lot of ways I can agree Jackie again like I stated in the last video I did I don't think Jackie's performance is really the biggest issue as much as it was the design and the writing that he had to work with because all of that those two things the design and The child molestation aspect of how they took it to that darker place that only pushed him further into a corner And I know that's two of the biggest reasons many people do think The 2010 iteration of Freddie is inferior to Robert England's iteration of Freddie and what was Craven had brought to us back in 84 1984 Now he had this to say this being Robert again He had this to say about an idea of how to bring Elm Street into modern times He said you'd have to deal with technology and culture for instance if one of the girls was an influencer It would be interesting for Freddie to somehow haunt her subconscious and manifest himself perhaps exploit everybody that followed her Not a bad idea at all. It's literally something I didn't even bother to think about giving the current times over and we are legitimately living in a time Where people are obsessed with their follower count obsessed with how many people interact with them They're obsessed that is their lifeline If if it's not on social media or something about their social media status They basically can't operate if their social media status or following Empire they've built for themselves were to collapse They would literally lose themselves because we've put in so much an investment into our online identities these days That you definitely could create a nightmarish situation for a modern take on Elm Street that was scared of bejesus out of Gen Z I firmly believe you could do that. He's not wrong there and then He said this when asked about would he be willing to put on the fedora again for the right script? Unfortunately, this is the heartbreaking aspect of his interview not too shocking But still just sad to hear from him because he is considered by many myself included to be an icon Even though he humbly has recognized that he himself is not an icon, but Freddy Krueger is sir You are an icon. It's very nice that you are humble, but you are an icon Robert when asked again about Putting on the fedora again. He said I'm too old and thick to play Freddy now I just can't do fight scenes for more than one take anymore. I've got a bad neck and bad back and arthritis in my right wrist So I have to hang it up, but I would love to cameo And then he went on to double down on who he thinks should play in modern-day Freddy Krueger He said Kevin Bacon when meant when Kevin Bacon was mentioned. He said I know he respects the jarra And he's such a fine physical actor I think that in the side that in the silence isn't in the way Kevin moves. It would be interesting now Robert's comments about his obvious aging is exactly why I have been fine with accepting that he is not going to play Freddy Krueger again in an official new entry to the series Because of the fact that he's getting older. I am okay with that I don't think that we need to continue to hold on to that I've seen some very creative ways that people have come up come up within my quote tweets it out on a tweet I put out earlier of how they could do this. I don't think we need to do that though I think it would be complete waste of time if the actors involved are down to do it I mean sure but still at the end of the day Why would an actor? Who wants to maybe bring their own spin on Freddy that is their own take and Lives and pays respect pays respect somehow to what Robert has done Why would you want to fill the shoes of the character, but then Robert's face is Digitally put onto yours So so we can all have this pretend Fantasy that Robert is able to still do it. I don't want to see that. I don't want to see someone's body With Robert's face. I don't want to see that. I want to accept that Robert is recognizing his current age Everybody gets old He's willing to accept a new person in the role. I think we need to accept it now We don't need to accept somebody who is doing a terrible job. That's not what I'm saying But we do need to accept that somebody else can play Freddy Cougar similar to how somebody else obviously can play Joker somebody else can play the creeper although that was terrible and she was group is for All these characters that solely have this one person who brought them to life in the strongest way They are not the only people That can bring those characters life. It's objectively just the truth They might be the only people that can bring it to life in the most entertaining and engaging way It might be the only people that can get me to give a damn about the character because I grew up with them And there's a nostalgic aspect to it, but they simply are not the only person that can Obviously portray the role anybody can be Freddy Cougar It's just who are you going to pinpoint as the next runner up to dawn the makeup dawn the fedora and say, okay, Robert Here's somebody we have in mind. What do you think? I would love to love for Robert England to be part of the creative process as it pertains to tracking down the Next Freddy Cougar if it's not Kevin Bacon, and if they want to explore somebody else I would love for Robert to be the one to pinpoint them I mean that way even if it's not a good idea or something that people don't agree with and once the film comes out At least we know that Robert was a part of the process of picking them So there was something about them that he believed could have ended up being something tremendous Even if it ended up being a travesty. I would love for Robert to just be a part of picking the part Who he thinks should pick up the mantle from him if they don't go with Kevin Bacon or somebody else But you guys let me know what you think about this down the comment section below He had some again very interesting comments to make about the remake how he thinks the franchise can move forward in modern times Where he currently stands as far as reprising the character and doubling down on Kevin Bacon Let me know what you think about all this down the comment section below if you haven't already of course Make sure you subscribe turn on post notification numbers video in the description. I will have links on social media accounts I'm on Facebook Twitter and Instagram you can message me there Of course, let me know any movies news or reviews let me to cover in the future and with all that in mind guys I will see you in the next video