BillyBob Thornton as Freddy?

I have a hard time with this casting rumor. According to our good friends at Joblo BillyBob Thornton is rumored to be playing Freddy in the upcoming Nightmare on Elm Street remake. I am a huge fan of BillyBob but he is definitely not the guy to play the part of Freddy in my books. I honestly wonder if he would even want this role. Is he hard up for a role? I think of Billy as an actors actor... so this role I hate to see it seems a bit simple and beneath his skills. What do you all think?

We do know that Robert Englund wont be back since Brad Fuller from Platinum Dunes told us as much;

I think it has to be and I know fans hate to hear that and everyone says you have to put Robert in. He said it too. I don't think he wants to do it and I think that in order to differentiate what we're doing from the other ones, we would need to find someone else to play that role.

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