Trivia / Cry-Baby (1990)

Film

• Box Office Bomb: Budget, $12 million. Box office, $8.3 million
• Cut Song: "Chicken," sung by the Squares. Added as a bonus feature on the director's cut.
• Deleted Scene: Originally, the square's show at the beginning was going to feature a child contortionist. The scene was filmed in its entirety with the contortionist, but the scene was later cut for the premiere. The contortionist was at the premiere, but no-one had thought to tell her that they cut her scene.
• Dyeing for Your Art: Iggy Pop shaved his hair for the film. John Waters still has a lock of his hair in a scrapbook at home.
• Non-Singing Voice: James Intveld performed all the vocals for Johnny Depp, and Rachel Sweet did the same for Amy Locane.
• Throw It In!: Willem Dafoe improvised the moment when he slaps Johnny Depp's ass.
• Troubled Production: During the shooting of the movie, the FBI visited the set to search for co-star Traci Lords, who was being investigated due to her porn past.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Jim Carrey, Tom Cruise and Robert Downey Jr. were considered for Cry-Baby.
  • Drew Barrymore was considered for the role of Allison Vernon-Williams.
  • Hatchet-Face was also the title of a script John Waters was working on in 1985 - the movie was never realized but a version of the title character appeared in Cry-Baby instead.

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