Fans shouldn’t rule out a future collaboration between Tim Burton and Johnny Depp.
Speaking to IndieWire at the Marrakech International Film Festival on Saturday, November 30, the 66-year-old director revealed that he wouldn’t be opposed to reuniting on the big screen with Depp, with whom he has previously collaborated on a number of films, including Edward Scissorhands, Alice in Wonderland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
“Well, I’m sure there will be,” Burton told reporters when asked about future collaborations with Depp (61).
“I never feel like, ‘Oh, I’m going to use this and that actor.’ It usually has to be based on the project I’m working on. It’s collaboration and bouncing ideas off people around you,” he added.
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Tim Burton and Johnny Depp at the ‘Charlie and The Chocolate Factory’ photo call in London on July 16, 2005.
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The creative partnership of Depp and Burton dates back to 1990 Edward Scissorhands. Since then they worked together on 1994 Ed Woodin 1999 Sleepy Hollowin 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factoryin 2005 The dead bridein 2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, in the 2010s Alice in Wonderland and in 2012 Dark shadows.
While Burton said he hopes to work with Depp in the future, he also revealed during a Q&A at the film festival that he has no plans to work on Edward Scissorhands continuation.
“There are certain movies that I don’t want to make a sequel to,” he told IndieWire. “I didn’t want to make a sequel to it because it felt like a one-off.”
“I didn’t want to have a sequel The Nightmare Before Christmas because it also felt like a one-off,” he added. “Certain things are best left alone, and that’s one of them for me.”
Johnny Depp won the role in Tim Burton’s film Edward Scissorhands Through Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise and Michael Jackson
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Tim Burton and Monica Bellucci at the screening of the film ‘The Order’ during the 21st Marrakech International Film Festival.
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Depp is just one of many Burton collaborators appearing in Tara Wood’s as-yet-untitled documentary series about the beloved director.
In the project, Depp reveals that the titular role in Edward Scissorhands almost went to a few other famous faces.
During an interview for the series, Depp said that Tom Hanks and Michael Jackson contacted Burton about wanting to play the character, while Tom Cruise “was not far from actually playing Edward Scissorhands – true story.”
“I’m never going to get hired when everyone in Hollywood wants the part,” Depp recalled thinking at the time. “Tim’s really juggling because he’s being attacked by his agent, the studio, everybody. So I called my agent after I read the script and said, ‘Please cancel the meeting, I’m not going.’ She said, ‘Are you out of your fucking mind?'”
Despite a moment of self-sabotage, the actor — who thought the script and lead character were “wonderful” — “finally gave in” and agreed to meet with Burton, starting a long creative relationship.
The Untitled Tim Burton Documentary does not have a release date yet.
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