JediTalentAgent posted:

Is there a modern actor who isn't Englund that could be acceptable to audiences as a return to the Englund Freddy style? Someone whose career wouldn't be hurt by becoming a cartoonish murderer (which thanks the Marvel and DC movies, doesn't seem to be as big an issue anymore.)

I know a complaint I heard of someone who watched the 2010 remake was that Freddy wasn't 'fun', which to them was a large part of how the character had evolved in their previous incarnation.

I'm sort of racking my brain right now for someone who might be able to be name enough, pull off the humor and the scares. At this point I'm sort of thinking "What is Matt Smith up to these days?"