HITFIX received the Holy Grail of online movie reporting when they were invited to a Nightmare on Elm Street set visit.
HITFIX reminisces about the glorious day when they were graced with the opportunity to visit the Nightmare on Elm Street set.
"At that time, nearly six weeks before Comic-Con and long before any trailers were cut together, we're told that we're the outsiders to see the new look for Freddy Krueger and even as a work in progress, it's shocking. Haley's face is covered in burn tissue. His hands are covered, as are his arms. As we walk into the makeup trailer, Haley's eyes are closed and he's breathing rhythmically.
"I'm just in the chair of torture," he says quietly, barely looking at us.
A reporter asks Haley if he ever feels like wandering through a residential neighborhood like this.
"No..." Haley says, again quite measured. "There's a strong temptation to just rip it off my face, though."
That pesky makeup process has got to be annoying. 6 hours every day, 4 if your lucky. Who am I kidding other then line memorization and a crazy schedule for 4 to 6 months actors have it on easy street.
HITFIX went on to give us a first hand explanation of the NEW version of Freddy Krueger:
"The studio has been careful not to left clear pictures of Freddy make it out into the media. He's always obscured in darkness. Sitting at a table with him, you can't help but stare and jot down notes on the disturbing catalogue of symptoms. For example, Freddy appears not to have ears, an entirely logical victim of a great inferno. He definitely looks Jackie Earle Haley as a burn victim, a diminutive character actor encased within glistening scar tissue, rather than the original Freddy, who looked like Robert Englund with half-a-pound of hamburger distributed evenly over his face. So the effect is simultaneously that Haley is more recognizable within the Freddy mask than Englund ever was, but you don't want to look too closely. There's something alien about him, something almost reptilian."
Too soon? The above pic really isn't a fair comparison, unless off course you think the 'The Scarcrow' from 'The Wizard of Oz' looks like a deranged finger tip knife glove wearing, burn victim? Then I guess you'd be right!
Many thanks to HITFIX for providing the 'Nightmare on Elm Street' set info!
UPDATED: Below are some Nightmare on Elm Street photos that cinemablend says are new!
The more I see the more I like!!!