Actor robert englund talks about how he fought to get freddy krueger's fedora as part of the costume and what he did to get into character. A brown felt fedora as worn by robert englund as freddy krueger in a nightmare on elm street 3: Dream warriors ( new line cinema, 1987 ).

After trying it out with the heavy makeup, the actor was convinced that the fedora was the way to go, and he had to fight craven, as well as producer robert shaye, to keep it in the film.