Johnny Depp reveals why he nearly rejected an audition for Tim Burton’s 1990 fantasy hit, Edward Scissorhands, telling his agent to “please cancel the meeting.” Directed by Burton, the darkly fantastical film follows an unfinished artificial humanoid with scissor blades for hands who is adopted by a suburban family and falls in love with their teenage daughter. Other than Depp in the titular role, the Edward Scissorhands cast also includes Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker, Vincent Price, and Alan Arkin.

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