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Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

A classically trained actor and director, Robert Englund has become one of the most revolutionary horror icons of our generation. Throughout his career, Englund starred in many well-known movies, but shot to super-stardom with his...

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He's a very serious actor, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

He's a very serious actor,

Okay, I'm ready. - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Okay, I'm ready.

I never set out to become a horror icon.

I went right into
the makeup tests - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

I went right into the makeup tests

Johnny Depp waltzed in
about a week into the shooting - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Johnny Depp waltzed in about a week into the shooting

And there was the makeup girl - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

And there was the makeup girl

I'm itchy.
I've got glue all over me, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

I'm itchy. I've got glue all over me,

That envy, that jealousy I have - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

That envy, that jealousy I have

Children are the future." - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Children are the future."

And that's all I need
to believe in Freddy, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

And that's all I need to believe in Freddy,

And that becomes my shorthand
getting to an essence of Freddy - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

And that becomes my shorthand getting to an essence of Fredd...

He knew I had the gift of gab,
and I broke my father's heart. - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

He knew I had the gift of gab, and I broke my father's ...

I believe it was either
my 11th or my 12th summer, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

I believe it was either my 11th or my 12th summer,

She was a wannabe actress,
and a year older than I was. - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

She was a wannabe actress, and a year older than I was.

So we went to this professional
children's theater together - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

So we went to this professional children's theater toge...

Literally from being a child
to the teenage world, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Literally from being a child to the teenage world,

I was Pinocchio,
I was Peter Pan, I was Aladdin. - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

I was Pinocchio, I was Peter Pan, I was Aladdin.

And at some point that summer,
I was in the girls' bathroom. - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

And at some point that summer, I was in the girls' bath...

And the girls were teaching me
how to blow smoke rings. - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

And the girls were teaching me how to blow smoke rings.

They were the harem girls.
And I'm sitting there, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

They were the harem girls. And I'm sitting there,

Twelve years old,
I had a breast in this ear, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Twelve years old, I had a breast in this ear,

And I've got a cigarette
and I sort of said to myself, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

And I've got a cigarette and I sort of said to myself,

Well, during the run
of the show, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Well, during the run of the show,

Well, I got to love that laugh.
That was mine. - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Well, I got to love that laugh. That was mine.

I controlled it,
I'd enhanced it, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

I controlled it, I'd enhanced it,

I went off stage and
there were guests backstage. - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

I went off stage and there were guests backstage.

And one of the guests backstage
was none other than - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

And one of the guests backstage was none other than

Anyway, I know many of you
want to know - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Anyway, I know many of you want to know

The Tonight Show
before Johnny Carson, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

The Tonight Show before Johnny Carson,

And he had... a friend's daughter
was in the show, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

And he had... a friend's daughter was in the show,

I heard this voice, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

I heard this voice,

To get that kind of
vote of confidence... - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

To get that kind of vote of confidence...

You know, grownups were not
afraid in those days - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

You know, grownups were not afraid in those days

They weren't worried
about being sued by - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

They weren't worried about being sued by

A lawyer in my case,
and I, you know, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

A lawyer in my case, and I, you know,

What's so touching
about Robert is that - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

What's so touching about Robert is that

He'll immediately say to them,
"Oh, I saw you when you were - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

He'll immediately say to them, "Oh, I saw you when...

I think one of the things - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

I think one of the things

Robert put his arm around me,
and he gets real close, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Robert put his arm around me, and he gets real close,

Don't be.
You come to me for anything." - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Don't be. You come to me for anything."

And I was heading to my hotel,
and I heard "Corey." - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

And I was heading to my hotel, and I heard "Corey."...

And it'd be really cool for you
to keep going and do that." - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

And it'd be really cool for you to keep going and do th...

To me, it was like,
such a great compliment - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

To me, it was like, such a great compliment

And it takes
a really generous person - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

And it takes a really generous person

I just think that's really rare
in... in... in Hollywood. - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

I just think that's really rare in... in... in Hollywoo...

It was something he was, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

It was something he was,

The reason you would
discourage a child - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

The reason you would discourage a child

My parents sent me off
with... with... - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

My parents sent me off with... with...

With good tidings
to the teenage drama workshop. - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

With good tidings to the teenage drama workshop.

It was a shock to me later on - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

It was a shock to me later on

And I had been recruited
by Stanford, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

And I had been recruited by Stanford,

They didn't have
a particularly great - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

They didn't have a particularly great

It really damaged
the relationship, I think, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

It really damaged the relationship, I think,

You know, that his son
was going to, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

You know, that his son was going to,

They just recognized
that it was a really tough job. - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

They just recognized that it was a really tough job.

I did Julius Caesar, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

I did Julius Caesar,

I was doing classics now
as well as I did, not Dracula, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

I was doing classics now as well as I did, not Dracula,

I looked like a kind of
skinny, big Adam apple, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

I looked like a kind of skinny, big Adam apple,

Of course, I was, you know,
ripped because I was a surfer - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Of course, I was, you know, ripped because I was a surfer

I mean, he was, he's not
the Robert we see now. - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

I mean, he was, he's not the Robert we see now.

I don't know what the hell
I meant by that, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

I don't know what the hell I meant by that,

My audition in college,
I followed Richard Dreyfuss, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

My audition in college, I followed Richard Dreyfuss,

He in fact, dropped out
a couple of weeks later, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

He in fact, dropped out a couple of weeks later,

I wasn't speaking
to my parents anymore - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

I wasn't speaking to my parents anymore

Girls were opening the trapdoor
in the theater floor - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Girls were opening the trapdoor in the theater floor

We were all broke
and living with girls. - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

We were all broke and living with girls.

Every girl I seemed to meet
that was single in New York - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Every girl I seemed to meet that was single in New York

You know,
you'd sleep on her couch - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

You know, you'd sleep on her couch

And then we'd get a job
and everybody like, like, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

And then we'd get a job and everybody like, like,

They'd walk up to you and go,
"Hey, I heard, man." - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

They'd walk up to you and go, "Hey, I heard, man.&...

Let's see, I met Robert back in
1972, I think it was, or '73, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Let's see, I met Robert back in 1972, I think it was, o...

Just a bunch of
crazy guys on stage, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Just a bunch of crazy guys on stage,

I remember going to a party - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

I remember going to a party

And there were like ten guys
for every one girl at the party. - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

And there were like ten guys for every one girl at the party...

And all the guys
got really sick and drunk - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

And all the guys got really sick and drunk

And the next weekend,
I was invited to - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

And the next weekend, I was invited to

And it was ten girls
for every one guy. - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

And it was ten girls for every one guy.

And I, it was...
that was a very exotic, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

And I, it was... that was a very exotic,

Another perk about
being in the theater is - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Another perk about being in the theater is

What happens invariably
is that you run off - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

What happens invariably is that you run off

And you could be standing
right next to a young lady - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

And you could be standing right next to a young lady

Not that you were
paying any attention, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Not that you were paying any attention,

It's... it's probably not... - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

It's... it's probably not...

Um, I shouldn't say that
nowadays. - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Um, I shouldn't say that nowadays.

I went back to college
after that - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

I went back to college after that

But I became dissatisfied
and disaffected - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

But I became dissatisfied and disaffected

I was naive enough to think
the theater was free of that - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

I was naive enough to think the theater was free of that

Betsy, my first wife.
We were high school sweethearts. - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Betsy, my first wife. We were high school sweethearts.

I can still remember
seeing her, you know, - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

I can still remember seeing her, you know,

And then I went off
to go to college. - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

And then I went off to go to college.

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A classically trained actor and director, Robert Englund has become one of the most revolutionary horror icons of our generation. Throughout his career, Englund starred in many well-known movies, but shot to super-stardom with his...

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Director: Christopher Griffiths, Gary Smart

Writer: Neil Morris, Gary Smart

Production: Dead Mouse Productions

Genre: documentary

Year: 2022

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ImdbRating: 7.6

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Released: 06 Jun 2023

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