Johnny Depp He started in the cinema with a certain imposter syndrome, but despite this He beat out some of the biggest names in film (and music) for his role in ‘Edward Scissorhands’. The Oscar nominee has stated that won the game against actors like Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise and even Michael Jackson for his role in Tim Burton’s career-changing 1990 gothic fantasy.
A modern Frankenstein with a familiar face
While reflecting on the film for a docuseries about Burton, reports PeopleDepp told director Tara Wood that Cruise “He wasn’t far from actually playing Edward Scissorhands: I swear it’s a true story“.
Finally, Johnny Depp took on the role of the outcast automaton, which was created by a scientist (Vincent Price) with scissors for hands. When her creator dies, a townswoman (Dianne Wiest) takes Edward into her suburban home, where he falls in love with her daughter (Winona Ryder) and faces ostracism from the townspeople. . The actor said that:
“Burton and Caroline Thompson’s script cut through everything, anything, anything solid and got to the very core of who I am. It was very well written, the character was beautiful. What I guess emotionally attracted me was that Edward was me. “It’s exactly what I should be doing.”
Hollywood’s interest in the project made Depp rush to meet with Burton despite his doubts, and he got the role, which finally earned him his first Golden Globe nomination. The actor was known for his role in the series ‘New Cops’ (’21 Jump Street’) and was about to cancel his meeting with Burton thinking that he wouldn’t have any chance. This is how he tells it:
“He’s never going to hire me when everyone in Hollywood is behind the role. Tim was really juggling because he was being bullied by his agent, the studio, everyone. So I called my agent after reading the script and he told him. I said, ‘Please cancel the meeting, I’m not going.’ It was weird, because There’s always that bastard in your head that says, ‘Come on, man. You’re just a television actor. Because at that time it was almost one or the other.”
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