More Freddy in This New Nightmare on Elm Street Banner
The marketing department for Platinum Dunes’ remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street is kicking things into high gear. We’ve had set reports, a new trailer, and assorted other goodies over the past few weeks–and today we get a new character banner featuring none other than Mr. Krueger himself.
I like this piece of advertising–but I will say that it confirms what I hadn’t realized until recently: Jackie Earle Haley is really fucking short. I’m not saying that because Rooney Mara looks huge (I understand the concept of foreground and perspective–thank you Intro to Humanities!) but because looking at Haley in this pic makes it pretty clear he’s a thin and tiny guy. I’ve got no problem with that–Englund wasn’t big either and he made it work–but I’m just finally noticing that this guy is a lot smaller than I realized.
Anyway, enough of my pointless digressions about Jackie Earle Haley being smaller than I thought. Check out the new banner above (click for a larger version) and expect lots more Elm Street news between now and April 30th.
Tags: banner, Freddy Krueger, Jackie Earle Haley, Nightmare on Elm Street, Platinum Dunes, Poster, remake, Rooney Mara
March 4th, 2010 at 10:13 am
Definitely short…The “he knows where you sleep” tagline is really fucking stupid.
March 4th, 2010 at 10:15 am
Yeah, I couldn’t decide at first if I thought the tagline was good or stupid. I came to the conclusion that it was stupid.
March 4th, 2010 at 11:39 am
IMDB has Haley listed as 5’5 1/2″ and Robert Englund as 5’9″, so yeah, Haley’s shorter than the original Freddy. I don’t think it will be much of a problem once Haley’s got the fedora and a pair of work boots on.
March 4th, 2010 at 11:44 am
Yeah, I don’t think it’s a problem–I was just blown away because I’d never noticed he was so short until someone pointed it out to me recently.
Freddy doesn’t need to be a brute to be scary–I think Haley will be fine…if the voice is okay, anyway.
March 11th, 2010 at 7:45 am
Ha, 5′ 5 1/2″ is generous. Closer to 5′ 4″ in reality. But you’re right… movie magic will make his size a non-factor. Tom Cruise and Sly Stallone are 5’7″ and 5’9″, respectively. Pretty tiny leading men.