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The Movie Was Johnny Depp’s Acting Debut
When “A Nightmare on Elm Street” hit theaters back in 1984, it represented the acting debut of Johnny Depp. Actually, it was marked as his very first acting credit anywhere. The amazing thing is that Johnny Depp did not resemble the character that was described in the script in any way whatsoever. Even so, director and writer Wes Craven wasn’t so blind and to spot the Depp’s tremendous acting potential. “I was just totally not what Wes had written for the story,” Depp told John Waters in a Q&A for Interview. “He had written the part of a big, blond, beach-jock, football-player guy. And I was sort of emaciated, with old hairspray and spiky hair, earrings, a little f*cking catacomb dweller. And then five hours later that agent called me and said, ‘You’re an actor.’”
