Veteran horror actor Robert Englund has said that he wants Kevin Bacon to play Freddy Krueger in the next Nightmare on Elm Street reboot.
For his part, Bacon has expressed support for the idea publicly when the subject has been broached.
“Well the gossip I’ve heard, and I don’t know how valid this is, but there has been some talk about using, or perhaps he’s been approached, Kevin Bacon.
As Englund refers to above, rumors of Bacon possibly playing Freddy have been going around the internet for awhile now, although it’s unclear at this point where and when they first began.