This role for which actor Johnny Depp received more than 1.5 million dollars while only 200 words were spoken by the latter during the entire film.
At 59 and with more than 38 years of career behind himthe comedian Johnny Depp demonstrated his talent as an actor more than once by accepting roles that gradually built his career. Some have also contributed to founding the incredible notoriety of this movie monster. We remember among others that of Jack Sparrow in the franchise Pirates of the Caribbeanor that of Willy Wonka in Charlie and the chocolate factoryfrom the mad hatter in Alice in Wonderland or the famous wizard Gellert Grindelwald in the fantastic animals. But if there is a role that propelled Johnny Depp on the front of the stage, it is that of Edward Scissorhands.
It was in 1990 that the incredible collaboration between director Tim Burton and Johnny Depp begins. The latter offers him the main role in his feature film, Edward Scissorhands. A film that had a resounding commercial success and which today has become a true classic. The 27-year-old actor during filming offers a stunning performance in which he speak only a few words, no more than 200 for the entire film! And yet it is this role that will have propelled the career of the actor and for which he pocketed more than $1.5 million !
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A first choice for the director
While many of great actorsare approached by the production for the role of Edward, it is finally the young Johnny Depp who catches the attention of director Tim Burton. The latter also reveals some time later that it is the charisma and the eyes of Johnny Depp who will have decided. “His eyes caught my attentionit’s a very important element for me, and Edward’s gaze was going to be a crucial thing since it’s an almost mute character“, he declares for the book Tim Burton, by Antoine de Baecque. An absence of eloquence that ended up paying for the actor!