the character edward scissorhands was based on play of the same name.
the character edward scissorhands was based on play of the same name.
who is the character edward scissorhands based on?
play of the same name
burton conceived "edward scissorhands" from his childhood upbringing in suburban burbank, california. during pre-production of "beetlejuice", caroline thompson was hired to adapt burton's story into a screenplay, and the film began development at 20th century fox, after warner bros. declined. "edward scissorhands" was then fast tracked after burton's critical and financial success with "batman". the majority of filming took place in lutz, florida between march 10 and june 10, 1990. the film also marks the fourth collaboration between burton and film score composer danny elfman. the leading role of edward had been connected to several actors prior to depp's casting: a meeting between burton and the preferred choice of the studio, tom cruise, was not fruitful, and tom hanks and gary oldman turned down the part. the character of the inventor was devised specifically for vincent price, and would be his last major role. edward's scissor hands were created and designed by stan winston.
edward scissorhands
the genesis of "edward scissorhands" came from a drawing by then-teenaged director tim burton, which reflected his feelings of isolation and being unable to communicate to people around him in suburban burbank. the drawing depicted a thin, solemn man with long, sharp blades for fingers. burton stated that he was often alone and had trouble retaining friendships. "i get the feeling people just got this urge to want to leave me alone for some reason, i don't know exactly why." during pre-production of "beetlejuice", burton hired caroline thompson, then a young novelist, to write the "edward scissorhands" screenplay as a spec script. burton was impressed with her short novel, "first born", which was "about an abortion that came back to life". burton felt "first born" had the same psychological elements he wanted to showcase in "edward scissorhands". "every detail was so important to tim because it was so personal", thompson remarked. she wrote "scissorhands" as a "love poem" to burton, calling him "the most articulate person i know, but couldn't put a single sentence together".
edward scissorhands