Waverly..If youre a fan of the movie Edward Scissorhands probably would not imagine another in the lead role that was not the superstar Johnny Depp, but Edward was not written specifically for the actor, and names like Jim Carrey and even Michael Jackson could have been with the character. Bizarro? Check out this and other fun facts about this classic 90s. Did you know ... 1. Gary Oldman, Jim Carrey, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Cruise and even Michael Jackson were bandied Edward to live? Yup! Indeed, legend has it that the King of Pop would be the first choice of director Tim Burton. Fortunately, the role ended up in the hands of Johnny Depp, what ended up marking the beginning of known partnership between the actor and the director, a total of seven films. Winona and Johnny were lovers during filming of Edward Scissorhands (Photo: reproduction / disclosure) 2. Drew Barrymore was considered to play the character Kim? However, Winona Ryder, who had previously worked with director Tim Burton on Beetlejuice (1988) and Johhny Depp was the girlfriend of the time (the actors had a long relationship, got engaged and Johnny even had the name of the actress tattooed on body ) finished starring as the beautiful, long blonde Kim, who charmed Edward. And it seems that Johnny was the one who convinced the beloved to embark on the project. 3. Nick Carter, from the boy band Backstreet Boys, makes a cameo appearance in the production? The special guest blondie boy running on the sidewalk early in the film was never credited, but years later, and now famous, Nick confirmed the story in several interviews. 4. Asked Tim Burton to Robert Smith, rock band The Cure, to do the soundtrack? Burton has sent the script for the musician, but he did not know the director was busy recording and the eighth album by The Cure, Disintegration, went on to offer. Danny Elfman, lead singer of the band Oingo Boingo, got the post. 5. Johnny Depp speaks only 169 words throughout the movie? Yeah! How good movie fan, you should know that Edward was not there a man of many words. 6. The first draft of the film was written as a musical? Tim Burton would revisit the concept in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) and Corpse Bride (2005). 7. Homes that appear in the film are a real neighborhood around Tampa, Fla.? Everything was kept as in real life, except for the facades that were all repainted by the production of the film. The neighborhood was inspired in Burbank, birthplace of Tim Burton. 8. Idea of the film was inspired by a drawing that Tim Burton did in adolescence?
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 19:51:40 +0000
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