"Englund explained, “If they redid Nightmare 2, for instance, and really deal with the subtext, Freddy toying with that boy’s sexuality. But the fact that we’re much more comfortable with that now, I think it would be really fun to have Freddy play with one kid who’s gay. Maybe one boy is not. Play with them. Tempt them. Force him out of the closet or back into the closet and we can do that,” he elaborated.
His next idea would be to look at the drug elements from A Nightmare on Elm Street 3.He detailed, “Again, you look at Nightmare 3, the fan favorite “Dream Warriors,” you want to take that place where they all meet and maybe some of the kids are there for drug rehab. You have to push all those things a little further. Whatever their problems are, really have fun with one of the kids being OCD and have Freddy exploit that? I think we could because it’s 2020 now,” he elaborated.
He then detailed that the film could include an autistic actor. “Get an autistic actor and really play with that and how Freddy would torment him. But I think that’s the kind of way you have to freshen it.”
I had no clue that the actor who played Freddy Kruger was such a creepy old freaky weirdo!