StrangerThings co-creator Matt Duffer recalls the funny way that Robert Englund was cast in the Netflix series: 'I immediately called our casting director Carmen and was like it’s Robert Englund. It’s Freddy Kreuger. How could you not tell me this?'
Stranger Things creator Matt Duffer recently recalled the funny way actor Robert Englund was cast in season 4. Englund made a name for himself as the nightmarish Freddy Kruger in the Nightmare on Elm Street horror franchise. In the film series, the villainous apparition tortures his victims through their dreams while they sleep, subsequently killing them in the real world.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Englund makes his only appearance in Stranger Things season 4 in episode 4,"Dear Billy," as Victor Creel, the father of Henry Creel/One/Vecna. While investigating the mysterious new murders in Hawkins, Indiana, Nancy Wheeler finds a connection with the 1959 murders of the Creel family that Victor allegedly committed. Nancy and Robin Buckley visit Pennhurst Asylum to get his firsthand account of the events.
"It was basically a fan boy dynamic but what was weird about the Robert Englund thing is, it was not our idea. It was not our casting director’s idea. He self-submitted a tape for this role, and he did this…I think we watched around a dozen tapes. And suddenly, on audition number seven it’s Robert, sitting in the bathtub delivering his monologue. I immediately called our casting director Carmen and was like it’s Robert Englund. It’s Freddy Kreuger.
The self-professed Nightmare on Elm Street fan-boy revealed that he was beside himself when he saw Englund's audition. Such an iconic actor and direct influence on Matt's life and the show was more than a surprise for the Stranger Things creator. Having a star whose work inspired season 4 to join that season was something special for the Duffer brothers and 80s horror fans.
Englund's inclusion in Stranger Things season 4 proved to be one of the most prominent highlights of the season. The parallels between Vecna and Freddy Krueger were obvious, and casting Englund as the father of the series' chief villain is a touching tribute to the actor's long career as one of the greatest cinematic horror monsters of all time.
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