Robert Englund Reveals His Secret To Playing Freddy Kreuger + Movie Review: The Smashing Machine…Why did It Bomb? + Trailer Park: Zootopia 2
Movie Mike's Movie Podcast
Nashville Podcast Network
5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Mike talks to Robert Englund who is best known for playing Freddy Kruger in A Nightmare on Elm Street. He reveals his secret to getting into character, what music he listened to while sitting in 4 hour of makeup prep and how his athletic background prepared him for the role. Mike also talks to two directors from the franchise: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge director Jack Sholder and Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare director Rachel Talalay about the behind the scenes of each film! In the Movie Review, Mike talks about The Smashing Machine starring Dwayne Johnson. He plays MMA fighter Mark Kerr as he reaches the peak of his career but faces personal hardships along the way with addiction. Mike talks about why the movie failed, why he hopes it doesn’t stop the Rock from taking risks and what shot it has at Oscar nominations. In the Trailer Park, Mike talks about Disney’s Zootopia 2. Detectives Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde are back and find themselves on the twisting trail of a mysterious reptile who turns the mammal metropolis of Zootopia upside down. Mike shares how Zootopia 1 changed him and how the message of the sequel might be something we all need right now.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello and welcome back to Movie Mike's movie podcast. |
| 0:07.1 | I am your host, Movie Mike. |
| 0:08.2 | Big episode for you today. |
| 0:10.0 | Robert England, aka Freddie Krueger, is back on the podcast. |
| 0:13.9 | We are celebrating the seven film collection, which is out now. |
| 0:17.5 | And I want to know his secret to playing Freddie Kruger. How did he get into character? |
| 0:22.7 | I'll also talk to a couple of directors from the franchise, A Nightmare on Elm Street, |
| 0:26.3 | to Freddy's Revenge and the director of Freddy's Dead, The Final Nightmare. Get all the |
| 0:31.2 | behind the scenes, some of the things that went wrong and some of the things that went, oh, so right, |
| 0:36.0 | in the franchise. In the movie review i'll |
| 0:38.4 | finally talk about the smashing machine and why i believe it failed and something out of pocket |
| 0:43.3 | for me i am actually going to defend the rock i know i know i got to defend him because i almost feel |
| 0:48.7 | bad for him and in the trailer park we'll talk about zootopia. I also want to revisit Zootopia 1 a little bit |
| 0:55.1 | and how much of an emotional punch that that movie packed. Thank you for being here. Thank you for |
| 0:59.6 | being subscribed. Shout out to the Monday morning movie crew, those who listen on release day. |
| 1:04.4 | And now, let's talk movies. |
| 1:06.6 | From the Nashville podcast network, this is Movie Mike's Movie Podcasts. |
| 1:12.3 | A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the greatest horror franchises of all time. |
| 1:16.4 | It's October now. |
| 1:17.7 | It is a great time to revisit the franchise if you have it in a while. |
| 1:21.5 | Whenever I revisit these movies, I love to start with number one. |
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