After doing this for roughly nine years, I'm finding there are two extremes when it comes to stars in franchise horror films. With the exception of Derek Mears (a mega-hardcore Friday the 13th fan), most stars have either never seen the source material, or straight-up lie and claim to be a huge fan. There's typically no inbetween. The NY Post Pop Wrap caught up with Connie Britton, who plays Nancy's mother in the forthcoming A Nightmare on Elm Street remake who reveals she had never seen the original (how? HOW?!).
"You are going to be shocked to hear this: I'd never seen "Elm Street" before we started shooting. Isn't that funny?" adding that it was her intention to give her a fresh take on the character. "That was my intention, but also because I'm a scaredy cat," she tells the site. 'I've known Rob Zombie for a long time and he's always been telling me, 'Connie, you gotta make a horror movie!' But I was still too chicken. But when I heard Jackie Earle Haley was doing Freddy, I thought that this was the time. But in retrospect, now that I've seen a good part of the original, it made no difference because what we do in the new one is so substantially different."
Interviewer Jarett Wieselman also added, "I was interviewing Robert Englund the other day and he singled out your casting as one of his favorite elements of the reboot because you can elevate the classic role."
Britton's reply: "That was kind of my hope too. I'm not sure it we accomplished that though. The truth is, I don't think the role is as well represented in the movie as it could have been. My sense is that the focus won't be on my character as much as I previously thought, but we'll see."
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET arrives in theaters April 30, 2010
What? Nancy's mom is a big part of the mythology. Espcially in the first one. Please tell me they didn't do away with killing her off. I'm all for the new remake, but there are certain things that should not be changed. Alcoholic, controlling mother who gets it in the end is classic. Hope we still get a taste of that. Guess we'll see.
i have no problem with Connie having never seen Elm St. she is a REALLY good actress. that alone makes it ok. if she was some lame, terrible actress who was more about clubbing in LA then i'd have issue with her. but again, she's a good actress.
Once again another production that doesn't have a grasp on what they are doing. They'll try and piece it together in the editing room. The result? You can put crap on screen and people will still see it. If it makes money they think, success! In reality, they have shortchanged everyone involved.
You'd think that if you were to be casted in this film you could take two hours to watch the original for research.This keeps making me think that it will suck.But I'LL wait and see and I'll see it on dvd.
the mom was important in the story, but the mom didn't have the biggest part in the original movie, so it sounds about the same for this one.
oh...wait, you haters were gonna hate on it anyways. ah well
They're probably spending more time than expected fixing Freddy's ridiculous looking face. That's going to make a bigger impression on the overall film than her role.
hey, she got Robert Englund's blessing. I do hope her role is as prevalent as it was in the original, but who knows. here's to hoping they focused on the character development versus things like the sound of Freddy Krueger's voice. since they've remade it and no one can do anything about it, they might as well make it a good one.
I think that her not ever seeing any of the movies will be good for her performance, BUT.....I honestly wouldn't believe that she has never, ever seen any of the ANOES movies. I mean, I saw them when I was only a child. Unreal that she's never seen them, but like I previously stated, if she didn't, it's her loss and probably is going to be our gain!
its cool that shes new to the series, so it will be a fresh start, obviously she hasnt seen the first one so I'm assuming she will watch it to get to feel for the part, she should just watch it in general.
Don't see her not seeing Elm street as a massive poblem , still have very high hopes for the movie after the awful Friday 13 remake i am a little worried history rapeats itself.
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