6. Robert Englund Came Extremely Close To Not Playing Freddy In NOES 2
Freddy Krueger and Robert Englund are pretty much synonymous; Englund made the role his own time and time again. Its surprising that at one time movie studio execs didnt feel the same way. After the success of the first Nightmare On Elm Street a sequel was quickly green lit and Englund believed he deserved more money (rightfully so) to reprise his role. The heads of the studio believed that anybody could play Freddy so they refused to cough up the cash and decided to hire stunt guys to play Krueger which had some terrible results. The studio quickly relented and thankfully paid Englund what he originally asked. There truly is only one Freddy Krueger, just look at the terrible 2010 remake; we all know
how that turned out.