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Star Wars
At the start of his movie career, Robert did an audition for the role of Luke Skywalker in
George Lucas' Star Wars (1977).
After he didn't get the part, he suggested and encouraged his roommate
Mark Hamill to
audition for this role. Hamill did and at the end, he got
the part and became famous with a role that would change his
life forever. |
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Tobe Hooper
Robert has worked with many different directors on different
films. There's one director though he seems to work with
very often; Mr. Tobe Hooper, the director of The Texas
Chainsaw Massacre. Robert worked with Hooper on five different
projects.
They did the adaptation of Stephen King's The Mangler, the
horrorfilms Night Terrors and Eaten
Alive, the episode Dance of the Dead from the Masters of
Horror series and the first episode of A Nightmare on Elm
Street: The Series, called No More Mr. Nice Guy. |
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Dreams and
nightmares
Looking at Robert's filmography, you might notice there's
something about Robert and dreams and nightmares. We all
know he became famous for the Nightmare on Elm Street films,
which are seven movies and one series featuring the word Nightmare.
But Robert also featured in the films Slashed Dreams,
Night Terrors (also known as Nightmare) and Kako Los
Son (which is translated into As a Bad Dream). On top
of that Robert starred in the televisionshow Nightmare
Cafe and had a small role in an episode of The Nightmare
Room. |
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The
Englunds
Robert was married to Roxanne Rogers, who also played the
part of the waitress in Robert's film 976-EVIL in 1988 for
two years. On October 1988 Robert got married with Nancy
Booth, who is still his wife today and often travels with
him to conventions.
Nancy worked as a set decorator on 976- EVIL and was also a
set decorator for CHUD 2: Bud the Chud in 1989, which
features Robert in a short, uncredited cameo- appearance.
The two have no kids, but they
do have a sweet dog, named Lola. |
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Robert in
C.H.U.D.
Robert was originally set to star in the horrorfilm
C.H.U.D., a 1984 horrorfilm directed by Douglas Cheek.
Robert was going to play the role of A.J. 'The Reverend'
Shepherd, but had to drop out due to filming A Nightmare on
Elm Street.
The role of The Reverend went to Home Alone- actor Daniel
Stern. Five years after C.H.U.D. Robert did a short and
uncredited cameo in the sequel C.H.U.D. 2: Bud the Chud, a
movie where Robert's wife Nancy Booth was a set decorator. |
| Robert's
favorite Nightmare on Elm Street |
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Robert's
favorite Nightmare on Elm Street
One of the questions Robert gets allot at Q and A's is which Nightmare on Elm Street is
his personal favorite. Robert says he loves the first one and
also is a big fan of New Nightmare, because it was smart and
it had allot of
the same cast and crewmembers.
Robert's least favorite Nightmare film is A Nightmare on
Elm Street 2. Even though Robert doesn't think Nightmare 2
is a
bad film, he believes they broke too many rules that Wes
Craven created for Freddy, like Freddy popping up ánd
killing teens in the
real world. |
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Robert's
favorite kill
Also one of those questions Robert gets allot is which is
his favorite Nightmare kill. His favorites are the Johnny
Depp and Amanda Wyss deaths from the first Nightmare, the
Ricky Dean Logan hearing aid scene from Freddy's Dead, the
Bradley Gregg puppet scene in Nightmare 3 and the Brooke
Theiss cockroach scene from Nightmare 4.
Yet there is one deathscene Robert claims to love the best,
but it's not from a Nightmare film. According to Robert, the
Butterfly deathscene from Silence of the Lambs, in which
Charles Napier gets killed by Anthony Hopkin's Hannibal
Lecter in the cage, is thé best kill in cinema history. |
| Robert's
favorite horrorfilms |
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Robert's
favorite horrorfilms
Robert is also often asked what his favorite horrorfilms in
general are. One
of these favorites is the classic movie The Innocents (1961)
by director Jack Clayton. Other classics Robert loves are
Rosemary's Baby (1986) by Roman Polanski and Sisters (1973)
by Brian De Palma.
When talking about more recent horrorflicks, Robert claims
he really loves May (2002) by Lucky McKee, 28 Days Later
(2002) by Danny Boyle, Dog
Soldiers (2002) by Neil Marshall and El Espinazo del Diablo
(2001), also known as The Devil's Backbone, by Guillermo del
Toro. |
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One movie,
two Roberts
What's better than Robert Englund in a movie? That's right,
two Roberts in a movie. Ok, I'll admit the joke is pretty
lame, but it is a fact that Robert is not unknown with
playing more than one role or character in a movie.
For example; Robert plays a busdriver in Nightmare on Elm
Street 2 and Freddy's father in Nightmare on Elm Street 5.
Also Rob played both the role of Paul Chevaller and Marquis
de Sade in Tobe Hooper's Night Terrors and in Dance Macabre
Robert was both seen as Anthony Wager and his wife Madame.
And then there is of course Robert's fightscène with
himself in the 1981 science fiction film Galaxy of Terror. |
| Robert
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Robert and
other legends of horror
Robert often works with other actors who have portrayed a
very popular horror icon or character. For example, Robert worked with
actors such as Doug Bradley (Pinhead) in La Lengua
Asesina,
Kane Hodder (Jason Voorhees) on Hatchet, Zelda Rubinstein
(Tangina in Poltergeist) on Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie
Vernon,
Tobin Bell
(Jigsaw) on Mortal Fear and Sid Haig (Captain
Spaulding)
on Galaxy of Terror.
Also Robert played a part in Wishmaster, which featured
allot of horror actors, such as Tony
Todd (Candyman), Ted Raimi (Evil Dead 2), Angus Scrimm
and Reggie Bannister (Phantasm) and Joseph Pilato
(Day of
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Robert and
Lin Shaye
With all the actors and actresses Robert has worked with
in his carreer, he probably worked the most with acress Lin
Shaye, sister of New Line Cinema founder Robert Shaye and
famous for her work in allot of Bobby and Peter Farrelly's
comedies.
Robert and Lin worked together on A Nightmare on Elm Street,
Wes Craven's New Nightmare, 2001 Maniacs, Wish You Were Dead
and Robert's film Killer Pad. Also they are going to be
seen together again in 2001 Maniacs: Beverly Hellbillies. |
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