HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A “Nightmare” on Hollywood Boulevard entails the Stroll of Fame! Actor Robert Englund has loved a profitable profession for greater than 4 a long time. However now at a fortunately horrific ceremony, Englund noticed his star unveiled in entrance of lots of of adoring followers.
Making it massive in Hollywood takes lots of work. And Englund “clawed” his solution to the highest, because of his signature character Freddie Krueger from “A Nightmare on Elm Avenue.”
For this particular ceremony, Englund and his followers turned the Hollywood Stroll of Fame into the “Stroll of Maim.”
“I am on my third era of followers now… I’ve simply accrued this nice fan base and for an previous canine like me, that is actually nice,” stated Englund.
It has been 41 years since Englund first starred in 1985’s “A Nightmare on Elm Avenue.” That bloody gore movie sparked seven extra sequels… and launched Freddie Krueger to the highest of the horror royalty checklist.
“In the event you ask any fan world wide at present ‘Who’re the horror icons?’ They’re going to say Freddie, Jason, Michael, Ghostface, Chucky and now Artwork the Clown, in all probability in that order. Freddie is at all times first! At all times!” stated filmmaker Eli Roth.
After all, if the person who made Freddie Krueger well-known goes to get a star on the stroll of fame, it actually can solely occur on at some point of the 12 months. And this Halloween timing was not misplaced on this overflow crowd of followers.
“For one of the best horror icon of all time, you could not write that script any higher,” stated Adrian Preziado.
Very similar to Freddie, the movie killer’s recognition is tough to kill. Followers like Rob Atchley able to stand-in for Englund ought to one other sequel bust out.
“I in all probability have gotten over a $1,000 invested into it, however the hat, I made the hat myself,” stated Rob Atchley.
As for Englund, at 78 years previous, he does not see one other Freddie Krueger movie in his future… however hey – he is already made the reduce as an actor/slasher.
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