Some quotes from the latest articles about Nightmare on Elm Street:

From Bloody-Disgusting.com:

But when A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET hits theaters next April, you’ll be seeing a new Freddy. Robert Englund, who has donned the infamous red and green sweater and fedora for eight films now, is passing the torch onto Jackie Earle Haley, who told Bloody-Disgusting exclusively about how he really wanted to dive deep into the human side of ol’ Freddy.

“I still wanted to get in there though and find the human side of this guy – what makes him tick at a certain level. I wanted to make it real. It is like trying to get that perfect balance between the human side, the real side, but also don’t lose sight of the mythology, what this guy is and whom he represents.” He continues talking about the discovery that Freddy IS the Boogeyman, and that it’s even more terrifying not knowing his motives, “A lot of that was finding out is that he’s a Boogeyman, he’s a guy that represents everyone’s deep inner fear. Like having something come at you that you just can’t stop, having something come at you that you just don’t understand. When you begin to understand, no matter how off the logic, no matter how much reason and logic you apply to it; you can’t break through. It is coming no matter what, no matter how illogical it is.”

While Jackie Earle Haley focuses on bringing the heart and soul of Freddy Krueger to life, Andrew Clement of Creative Character Engineering is the man responsible for making him LOOK the part.

When I first saw the new Freddy, I was a bit rattled, but once I saw side-by-side comparisons it became obvious as to why. “ They have much different noses, this one is much more like a burn victim,” Clement tells us explaining that Robert Englund had more of a “witch nose” than Earle Haley.

“I had all of the photos up, and I have such respect for his face, I really wanted to echo some of the forms,” Clement continues talking about the new look. “The thing that we did depart from was the nose. I remember hearing interviews with Kevin Yager or one of the other people who have done the makeup. They were saying they wanted to make him a male witch, which is why they went with the big nose at the time. That kind of made sense, but I just didn’t really think it – you never really see Robert Englund prior to being burnt. I knew how much we were going to see Jackie, so I couldn’t image making Jackie’s nose big all of a sudden. Why would we do that? In the beginning I didn’t really know if we were going to have to do a Robert Englund likeness make-up on Jackie.”

“I had all of the photos up, and I have such respect for his face, I really wanted to echo some of the forms,” I think I love you Andrew Clement. Also, how about this little tidbit of how much we get to see Jackie pre Krueger burns?

From Shock Til You Drop:

I’m still under embargo from going into any close detail regarding what I saw the night of the visit, however, I can tell you we spied many conceptual pieces, spoke with the production designer and went face to claw when Krueger’s new glove was unveiled. Hell, I got to try the damn thing on, and it’s heavy, taking some coordination to use. The man who had been carrying it home with him from work was Haley who I interviewed face-to-face in full Krueger make-up, redesigned by FX artist Andrew Clement (more on him here).

Haley, at the time still getting accustomed to the character, told me he wasn’t letting Englund’s performance as Krueger inform his take. Where he was coming from was someplace organic that began in the make-up chair. “I’m sympathizing more and more with [Watchmen's] Jeffrey Dean [Morgan], so much of what he says like, ‘Now I’m living it,’” smirked Haley whose visage will be revealed at the San Diego Comic-Con. “He said he’d come out of that trailer as the Comedian just ready to f**kin’ kill somebody. The best Freddy research and motivation I can do is sit in that torturous chair for 3 1/2 hours and I’m pretty ready to throw the glove on and start slicing into just about anybody.”

We’re posting as we come across with stuff, but here’s what he have so far.

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