Tim Burton found a kindred spirit in Depp when he cast him as Edward Scissorhands, the ultimate innocent outcast, dropped into the petty jealousies and fears of suburban America. With his gothic black leather garb, wild fright wig, and Swiss Army knife attachments at the end of his arms, Depp turns a nightmarish exterior into little boy lost. He plays the clockwork boy with a sense of wonder, curiosity, and dazed joy -- part Pinocchio, part Frankenstein, all lonely isolation yearning for love and acceptance. It was the first of many collaborations for Burton and Depp, and it firmly established Depp's affection for off-beat projects and iconoclastic creators.