Where to watch Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Trivia & production notes

• Tim Burton created the initial concept for Edward Scissorhands as a teenage drawing inspired by his own experiences of isolation and difficulty maintaining friendships in suburban Burbank.
• Caroline Thompson wrote the screenplay as a spec script while Burton was in pre-production on Beetlejuice, and she drew inspiration from her own novel First Born about an abortion that came back to life.
• Burton originally envisioned Edward Scissorhands as a musical before abandoning the concept.
• After achieving A-list status with Batman, Burton chose to make Edward Scissorhands for Fox instead of pursuing Warner Bros. offers for Batman Returns or Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian.
• Johnny Depp was Tim Burton's first choice for Edward despite being unfamiliar with Depp's popular role in 21 Jump Street at the time.
• Tom Cruise met with Burton about the lead role but asked for a happier ending, while Tom Hanks, William Hurt, Robert Downey Jr., and Michael Jackson also expressed interest in playing Edward.
• Dianne Wiest was the first actor to sign onto the project after reading the script, and her approval helped generate interest from other actors.
• Johnny Depp studied Charlie Chaplin films to prepare for the role and learn how to create sympathy through performance without dialogue.
• Production designer Bo Welch painted all the houses in the suburban neighborhoods one of four colors—sea-foam green, dirty flesh, butter, and dirty blue—to create a unified aesthetic.
• Stan Winston created Edward's scissor hands prosthetics, and the giant topiary sculptures were built by wrapping metal skeletons in chicken wire and weaving in thousands of small plastic plant sprigs.

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