Depp gambled his reputation on last summer’s libel trial of the century
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It feels portentous now watching Johnny Depp in Edward Scissorhands, seeing the peculiar tenderness he brought to a role that turned him from ’80s heart-throb into ’90s indie icon (and earned him his first major awards nomination – a Golden Globe for best actor). In Scissorhands (1990), Depp plays a fragile loner whose strangeness makes him captivating, yet ultimately isolates him. It was a part for which Depp seemed destined (although, weirdly, Tim Burton wanted Tom Cruise to play it), propelling him to other roles as eccentric outsiders that came to define him. In What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Ed Wood (1994) and Donnie Brasco (1997), he was sealed in the public imagination as a wounded hero, personifying the ’90s grunge backlash against ’80s pop. For biographer Michael Blitz, Depp encapsulated an era: ‘The curious by-product of conflicting forces in American popular culture
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Some of these famous mom were trying to protect their children from the pressure of the fashion industry while others have trained their kids in modelling since they were little. Jul 18, 2021
AceShowbiz - Having experienced first hand the pressure of the industry that sometimes can be too much, some celebrities don t want their children to plunge into the same business. But apple doesn t fall far from the tree. No matter how hard they try to keep them away from pursuing the same path of career, no one can t deny the natural talent running in their veins.
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Vanessa Paradis, all of them delivering outstanding, sometimes unusual performances. We talked to the director about his inspiration for the story and the characters, as well as about his relationship with the actors.
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Cineuropa: Were you inspired by specific events or persons?
Samuel Benchetrit: First of all, I wanted to make a love story, and I also was inspired by my fatherâs friends. He was a factory worker and so were they. All of them were strong, big men, living mostly in public housing, and they had hard lives. But we often went on vacation all together and there, I saw how delicate and kind they were to their wives and children. This impressed me very much. I wanted to make a film about these kinds of people.