<P> Kris Fowles ( Katie Cassidy ) goes to the Springwood Diner to meet with her boyfriend , Dean Russell ( Kellan Lutz ) , who falls asleep at the table and meets a man covered in burn scars , wearing a clawed glove on his hand . The burned man cuts Dean 's throat in the dream , but in reality it appears that Dean is cutting his own throat as his friend , waitress Nancy Holbrook ( Rooney Mara ) , looks on with Kris . At Dean 's funeral , Kris sees a photograph of her and Dean as children , but can not recall ever knowing Dean before high school . Kris begins to dream about the burned man herself and refuses to go to sleep for fear that she will die in her dreams . Jesse Braun ( Thomas Dekker ) , Kris 's ex-boyfriend , shows up to keep her company while she sleeps , but Kris meets the burned man in her dreams and is murdered . Covered in her blood , Jesse runs to Nancy 's house and learns that Nancy has been having dreams about the same man : Freddy Krueger ( Jackie Earle Haley ) . </P>
<P> Kris Fowles ( Katie Cassidy ) goes to the Springwood Diner to meet with her boyfriend , Dean Russell ( Kellan Lutz ) , who falls asleep at the table and meets a man covered in burn scars , wearing a clawed glove on his hand . The burned man cuts Dean 's throat in the dream , but in reality it appears that Dean is cutting his own throat as his friend , waitress Nancy Holbrook ( Rooney Mara ) , looks on with Kris . At Dean 's funeral , Kris sees a photograph of her and Dean as children , but can not recall ever knowing Dean before high school . Kris begins to dream about the burned man herself and refuses to go to sleep for fear that she will die in her dreams . Jesse Braun ( Thomas Dekker ) , Kris 's ex-boyfriend , shows up to keep her company while she sleeps , but Kris meets the burned man in her dreams and is murdered . Covered in her blood , Jesse runs to Nancy 's house and learns that Nancy has been having dreams about the same man : Freddy Krueger ( Jackie Earle Haley ) . </P>
who played freddy krueger in the 2010 remake
who played freddy krueger in the 2010 remake
Jackie Earle Haley
Jackie Earle Haley