Would Kevin Bacon Like to Play Freddy Krueger?

This isn’t news so much as it is high-level fan casting, but oh boy, could you imagine if it came to pass? There are few actors that I can enjoy in pretty much anything and Kevin Bacon is one of them.  So if Kevin is into the idea of playing an iconic horror villain, then I’m into that idea as well.

So this whole thing kicked off with a random tweet to Kevin Bacon that suggested he should play Freddy Krueger.  Here’s the tweet in question:

To which Kevin Bacon surprisingly replied with:

And with that people were off to the races with everyone speculating whether or not Kevin Bacon would actually play Freddy Krueger.  If we’re being realistic here, Kevin’s Tweet isn’t even saying that he would like to play the role. Still if this buzz around Kevin Bacon in a “Nightmare on Elm Street” film somehow got the ol’ franchise moving again, I’d be delighted.

For now though, what do you think?  Would you want to see Bacon take on Freddy?  He certainly has the acting chops and charisma that would be worthy of Robert Englund’s Freddy.

And in case you were wondering the separation between Kevin Bacon and Robert Englund is 2.  Robert Englund appeared in “The Adventures of Ford Fairlane” with David Bowie who was in “A Few Good Men” with Kevin Bacon.