Quentin Smith is the male protagonist in the A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot. In the film, he has a longtime crush on Nancy Holbrook, the female protagonist. He is a high school blogger.
He is the equivalent of Glen Lantz in the original A Nightmare on Elm Street. He is portrayed by Kyle Gallner.
Personality[]
Unlike the grumpy and often provoking Jesse Braun, Quentin is quiet, patient, and easy-going, if not a bit geeky. He has a great love for Nancy, and also shows sympathy to Freddy Krueger after dreaming of him being burned to death by his father, and displays a strong sense of morality.
History[]
Quentin's first appearance is at the diner. He is there with Jesse and one of his other friends, it is clear he has a crush on Nancy and appears nervous around her. When Jesse finds his ex-girlfriend Kris with her new boyfriend Dean, Jesse angrily slams a tip on the table and leaves. Quentin however stays behind and has a flirtatious chat with Nancy. Unfortunately, Jesse yells for Quentin and ends the conversation.
Quentin is later called by Nancy and is told that Kris had died. The two meet at a library and proceed to study on sleep deprivation. Nancy and Quentin find out that they went to the same preschool, Bradham Preschool after Nancy finds an old school photo hidden in her mother's office. Upon further research, they find that all the children from the preschool have died in some way or form, including their own friends. It is due to this discovery that they and also find out about Freddy Krueger, the man in their dreams.
Quentin believes that it will all blow over but then one day during a training with his school swim team, he falls asleep and has a nightmare, seeing how Krueger is murdered. Seeing that it was the parents of the children from Bradham preschool, including his own father and Nancy's mother, he charges angrily into his father's office. The two have an argument about if Krueger's death and whether or not it was justified. Nancy and Quentin go to the pharmacy to get more pills so he could stay awake but the pharmacist refuses to give him a refill.
Nancy has a couple of nightmares and is scratched by Krueger. Quentin takes Nancy to the hospital to have her wounds checked. While there Quentin steals adrenaline and decides to get Nancy out of the hospital. On the road, he asks Nancy out after they find Krueger.