The Funny Way Stranger Things Season 4 Cast Robert Englund
Warning! This article contains spoilers for Stranger Things season 4!
Stranger Things creator Matt Duffer recently recalled the funny way actor Robert Englund was cast in season 4. Englund made a name for himself as the nightmarish Freddy Kruger in theNightmare on Elm Street horror franchise. In the film series, the villainous apparition tortures his victims through their dreams while they sleep, subsequently killing them in the real world. His character is a direct inspiration for Vecna, the telepathic inter-dimensional being who torments his victims with nightmares of their trauma before killing them.
Englund makes his only appearance in Stranger Things season 4 in episode 4, «Dear Billy,» as Victor Creel, the father of Henry Creel/One/Vecna. While investigating the mysterious new murders in Hawkins, Indiana, Nancy Wheeler (Natalia Dyer) finds a connection with the 1959 murders of the Creel family that Victor allegedly committed. Nancy and Robin Buckley (Maya Hawke) visit Pennhurst Asylum to get his firsthand account of the events. They find Victor scarred; his eyes grotesquely cut up by razor blades due to a previous suicide attempt. However, Victor recalls the brutal events of that fateful night, thus revealing the true identity of Vecna.
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In a recent interview with Deadline, Matt revealed the funny way Englund was cast as Victor in Stranger Things season 4. The creator admitted that he was a big fan of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, sharing that Nancy's name was directly pulled from Heather Langenkamp's character, Nancy Thompson, in the original 1984 film. While reviewing multiple audition tapes for the role, Matt was shocked to find that Englund also
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