In 1987, Arquette's first starring roles included pregnant teenager Stacy in the television film "Daddy," boarding school student Zero in "Pretty Smart", and Kristen Parker in ', alongside Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger and Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson. She reprised her role as Kristen in the music video to Dokken's "Dream Warriors" (1987). She was asked to reprise her role in the sequel, ' (1988), but she declined the offer in order to do other projects. She gave up the role of Tralala in "Last Exit to Brooklyn" due to her pregnancy with her son Enzo.