Edward Scissorhands/Trivia


 * Dyeing for Your Art: Inverted with Winona Ryder playing Kim.  The raven black hair that she is known for is actually dye, which she's used since her first film appearance as a child; this is the only role (as of 2015) in which she appears with her natural blonde hair color.
 * Enforced Method Acting: Being rather frail of health at this point, Vincent Price fainted under the hot studio lights in the scene where he dies. Tim Burton reportedly kept the shot of him on the floor in the final movie.
 * Fan Nickname: The Signature Scene where Edward makes an ice sculpture and Kim dances in the "snow" he makes is frequently referred to as "the ice dance".
 * Playing Against Type: Johnny Depp -- then best known for 21 Jump Street -- as Edward, and the usually nerdy Anthony Michael Hall as Jim. Which is kind of funny, since Depp's close involvement with Burton over recent years has made him famous for this type of role as well.
 * Ditto for Winona Ryder. Before this she had mostly played dark and moody teenagers in Heathers, Mermaids, and Beetlejuice, while Kim is more of a Girl Next Door.
 * What Could Have Been: Tom Cruise was offered the role of Edward, but he turned it down because he thought the role was too feminine.
 * Vincent Price was supposed to have a much larger role in the film, but his health was too frail (he died in 1993, making this his last work on the big screen).
 * Rumor has it that Jim Carrey wanted the role of Edward badly — so much that he auditioned more than once.