Johnny Depp
The opening credits for the 1984 Nightmare on Elm Street include the words “Introducing Johnny Depp.” The fresh-faced actor played the skeptical boyfriend of Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp), who doesn’t believe that Freddie Krueger exists.
But Freddie does exist, sadly, and proves it by (spoiler alert on a 39-year-old movie) killing poor Glen.
Things worked out OK for Depp, who went from playing the sweet-faced Glen to donning Freddie Krueger-like levels of makeup to play a wide array of alternately appealing and grotesque characters. Though they’re usually in comedies, not horror movies.
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