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Robert Englund is so linked with the character of Freddy Krueger from the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise that it’s virtually impossible to imagine anyone else taking on the role. Since first playing the horror icon in Wes Craven’s 1984 horror classic, Englund became an instant pop culture fixture, firmly placed on the Mount Rushmore of horror movie villains. It’ll be 40 years since the release of the first movie, and Englund has been candid in recent interviews that he’s now too old to play the character again, but one of his former co-stars and Freddy Krueger’s first final girl adversary, Heather Langenkamp, thinks he’s more than capable of putting on Freddy’s claws again.

Contains spoilers for “Alien: Romulus”

Throughout his more than three decades of work, Shepard Fairey’s political activism has been a significant foundation. His extensive collection of posters and towering murals includes the renowned “HOPE” artwork from 2008, which served as a symbol during Barack Obama’s U.S. presidential campaign, and another piece titled “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité” that he created in response to the terrorist attacks in France in 2016.

Few actors can claim they’ve been given the chance to play a real person in a biopic and even fewer have had the privilege of meeting the icon they are depicting. However, Lamorne Morris was among the fortunate ones when, upon being cast as Garrett Morris in the upcoming 2024 film “Saturday Night”, he shared his experience of learning directly from the legendary former SNL star.

Ronald Reagan wasn’t only known as the President of the United States; rather, the presidency marked the culmination of a long career that included various roles, providing him an opportunity to showcase his acting skills and leverage the charisma he had developed over decades in the public eye. Prior to politics, Reagan was already well-known in Hollywood.