Thinking of Charlie Sheen in A Nightmare on Elm Street is interesting now, but Depp did a great job in his first real acting gig.
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a legendary horror movie and notable for many reasons, one of which was setting up Johnny Depp’s career in Hollywood, but a lot of people don’t know that Charlie Sheen was originally going to play the part of Nancy’s boyfriend, Glen, in the seminal movie.
Haley eventually did get a role in the series, when he went on to play Freddy in the Platinum Dunes remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street.
A Nightmare on Elm Street was Depp’s first Hollywood role and was chosen after director Wes Craven’s daughters saw the actor’s headshot in a stack of pictures of other hopefuls.