Tom Cruise and Robert Downey Jr. were also considered
The movie propelled Johnny Depp towards a host of leading man roles. The film follows Edward, an unfinished artificial humanoid who wanders into the nearest town and taken in by a suburban family after his creator passes away.Coming off the success of Beetlejuice, in 1988, many actors were falling over themselves to play the lead role of Edward, who falls in love with the family's teenage daughter, Kim .
"Then," he added, I go and see the movie, and the camera pans over these multi-coloured houses in this very sort of suburban neighbourhood and then you see the sort of Dracula castle on the hill. Literally, two minutes in and I went,
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