Here is another set visit/interview, this time from IESB.net. All the online journalists who visited must have all gotten the OK to post their articles today. :)

IESB was on set with a group of online journalists. Read the entire on set interview with A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET cast member Rooney Mara who plays “Nancy Thompson”,

Q: Were you a fan of the original film?

Rooney Mara: I was. I saw it when I was 12 years old, I think. I was at a slumber party, and the older sister of the girl I was friends with was watching it with her friends and I saw it, and I really wish I hadn’t seen it when I was 12 because it really scarred me for life. I remember Tina’s death just freaked me out. I had that image in my head for years, her flying across the room.

Q: Is it weird being in the remake now after all that?

RM: Yeah, it is. It definitely is. I’m glad I don’t have to do that, though [laughs].

Q: You get to survive.

RM: Yes.

Q: Was it overwhelming to take on the role of Nancy, who’s sort of the original “final girl”?

RM: It’s definitely a lot of pressure, but our movie and our Nancy are quite different, so I don’t feel so much like you can compare the two.

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Latino Review visited the Chicago set of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and have just posted their experience, which includes interviews with Rooney and other cast and crew members. And remember we have a new trailer and some new TV spots to look forward to this week!

Seated towards the middle of the factory and away from the sights and sounds of filming, we wait around the table for cast and crewmembers to speak with us.

One of the first is Rooney Mara, who, fresh from shooting a scene, walks across the factory in impossibly high boots that would surely pose a problem when running from Freddy Krueger. Her cheery disposition stands in contrast to her character Nancy Thompson, who moments before was yelling at her friend and love interest Quentin to wake up or risk a showdown with the nightmare-stalking Krueger.

“She’s described as ‘goth,’” explains Mara, but “She’s goth in the sense that she’s, quite obviously, disturbed and quiet and keeps to herself and can’t really open up to people or connect with people. And she feels really alone in the world because of things that happened to her when she was younger. But throughout the movie you see that change, and you see her grow, so it’s a good arc.”

Today, every bit of Nancy’s character design and Mara’s look reflect that realness and depth. Nancy isn’t a token hot teen in the latest fashions despite her boots. She wears dark colors, purple nail polish, and a baggy cardigan that seems to swallow her slight figure. And while there’s no denying that Mara is a gorgeous woman in real life, as Nancy her eyes are darkened and her hair stringy from depriving herself of sleep.

“Rooney was someone who, to us, embodied that kind of natural, real girl thing that Nancy had in the original,” says Fuller. “Freddy Krueger is the star of the film, and everyone else has to be able to have the chops to keep up with him, but that’s the star of the movie. For all of the actors, we tried to find kids who had the chops to be really good.”

And those chops extend to emulating her character’s self-imposed insomnia.

“If we have a really intense scene, I try not to let myself get more than three hours of sleeps, and after a few days that’s quite draining,” she tells us. “Last night when I went home I was like a wreck. I was really spent, because yesterday was really intense, because it was all day one of the most intense scenes in the movie, crying the whole day. Seventy-five takes of just bawling my eyes out.”

Source (full feature): Latino Review

A new trailer for Rooney’s movie “A Nightmare on Elm Street” will debut with “The Crazies”, starting February 26 (online before that), and new TV spots will premiere this weekend during the Olympics! If you see a commercial, especially if you are on the East Coast, please let us know details so we can record it and put it online for everybody. Can’t wait for promotion to really start kicking off!!!

Check out this new Behind the Scenes video from the set of “A Nightmare on Elm Street”, which came with the DVD release of “Final Destination.” You can see some brief new scenes of Rooney. :) Watch it below now, and stay tuned for some nice DVD captures.

Looks like Rooney and the cast are headed back to set to film new scenes for “A Nightmare on Elm Street”, according to Spoiler TV, who posted this new casting call:

Nightmare on Elm St – New Casting Call for Minor Characters

[WAITRESS] 40s. She works at the diner with NANCY. She started working at the diner as a summer job 20 years ago and never left. PLEASE SUBMIT CHARACTER ACTORS WITH GREAT FACES (Two lines)

[DUTCH] 50s. The owner of a small-town American diner at which NANCY works. PLEASE SUBMIT CHARACTER ACTORS WITH GREAT WEATHERED FACES. (One line)

[TEENAGE GUY] Eating at the diner with JESSE, QUENTIN and a FRIEND, he tells QUENTIN that asking NANCY about the diner specials doesn’t count as talking to her. Please keep in mind that they must be playing high school age. Please submit all character types – from cool to charactery. (One line)

[FRIEND] Eating at the diner with JESSE, QUENTIN, and TEENAGE GUY, he asks what the point would be of getting to know someone when they all graduate in a few months anyway. Please keep in mind that they must be playing high school age. Please submit all character types – from cool to charactery. (One line)

Rooney sat down with MTV’s Rough Cut to talk about her role in the highly anticipated “A Nightmare on Elm Street” remake. In the first one, which you can watch here, she talks about how the classic horror movie was reinvented for a new generation, and in the second one, here, she goes more in depth about the iconic character she plays: Nancy Thompson. It’s great to finally hear from Rooney about her biggest role!

Screen captures from the interviews are below.

153 x Screen Captures – Promotional Interviews: MTV Rough Cut

Here are a bunch of gorgeous 1080p HD captures of Rooney in the “A Nightmare on Elm Street” teaser trailer. She has the lead role so there is quite a bit of her. Can’t wait to see this movie, it looks amazing!!

022 x Movie Images – A Nightmare on Elm Street: Teaser Trailer [HD] Captures

The first teaser trailer for Rooney’s movie “A Nightmare on Elm Street” will premiere tonight on MySpace!! Check back around midnight, we will post it and screencaptures as soon as it is online. Can’t wait!!!

“Nightmare on Elm Street” producer Brad Fuller has strongly hinted on his Twitter that the first trailer for the film will be attached to the upcoming horror/comedy “Zombieland”, which releases on October 2nd. He goes on to hint that the NOES trailer might make its way onto the internet before that date. Keep checking back, we will keep you updated on this exciting news!

Here are Brad’s tweets:

Zombieland should have some interesting trailers on it.

sometimes teasers/trailers can be found on the internet before they end up in theaters.

just so you don’t go crazy- nothing is up yet- and wont be for a few days- I will give you a heads up before it happens.