Jackie Earle Haley believes that Freddy Krueger is the 'ultimate bogey man'
The actor takes on the role of horror icon Krueger, made famous by Robert Englund in Samuel Bayer's remake of the classic.
Speaking to Parade the Oscar winning actor said: "He is like one of the coolest horror characters, the ultimate bogey man in a campfire story.
"Back in the mid '80s, there was this bunch of scary guys in hit movies from Michael Myers to Jason Voorhees.
"But I always thought Freddy Krueger was the most interesting because it took an actor to play instead of a stunt guy.
"I thought Robert Englund was great in the role, and I admit I felt intimidated filling his shoes."
But the actor admitted that it wasn't a straight forward shoot as the razor gloves were one of the most difficult things to work with.
"They didn't just come on and off. They kinda bolted them down. So a lot of times they would just leave the real sharp metal ones on instead of the plastic ones.
"I was definitely worried about falling on them or cutting somebody. It was kinda scary.
"I had this scene where I kind of swipe the blades across the chest of one of the young actors and I actually sliced him a little bit. Fortunately, he thought it was funny.
Haley has mixed and matched his roles in recent years from drama Little Children, for which he was Oscar nominated, to graphic novel adaptation with Watchmen.
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