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Mark Mancini\u00a0<\/strong>and the Mental_Floss<\/b><\/a>\u00a0present 14 Campy Facts About Ed Wood<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0Here are three of my favorites…<\/p>\n 1. IT\u2019S THE BRAINCHILD OF FORMER COLLEGE ROOMMATES.<\/strong><\/p>\n In 1981, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski\u2014both freshmen at the USC School of Cinema-Television\u2014met each other in a cafeteria line, hit it off immediately, and arranged to become roommates. During their senior year, the duo began joining forces on an assortment of screenwriting projects, kicking off a partnership that continues to this day. Together, they have co-written Problem Child (1990), The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), Man on the Moon (1999), and Big Eyes (2014). On the small screen, they also developed the hit FX series American Crime Story, which recently completed its first season with The People v. O. J. Simpson.<\/p>\n Before graduating from USC in 1985, Alexander and Karaszewski briefly considered making a documentary on history\u2019s most enigmatic director, Edward D. Wood, Jr. Although this project went unrealized, they eventually returned to the subject. In 1992, author Rudolph Grey published Ed Wood: Nightmare of Ecstasy (The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr.), a thoroughly researched oral biography of Wood and his work. The book inspired Alexander and Karaszewski to pen a 10-page story treatment for a new biopic about the eccentric, cross-dressing auteur.<\/p>\n 3. COLUMBIA PICTURES DROPPED THE FILM AFTER BURTON INSISTED ON SHOOTING IT IN BLACK AND WHITE.<\/strong><\/p>\n One month before production began, Ed Wood hit a snag. Burton was fortunate enough to hire his first choice for the role of Bela Lugosi, actor Martin Landau, and makeup artist Rick Baker made Landau look uncannily similar to the Hungarian movie star. Nevertheless, after watching the first color tests, something felt a bit off. That\u2019s when everyone realized that they\u2019d only ever seen black-and-white photographs of Lugosi. Immediately, Burton decided that Ed Wood couldn\u2019t be filmed in color.<\/p>\n The movie was being developed by Columbia Pictures, whose higher-ups disagreed with Burton\u2019s decision to shoot in black and white. \u201cThey were saying, \u2018Look, we can\u2019t get our cable money, we can\u2019t get our foreign video money, we won\u2019t be able to exploit the movie in a lot of markets if it\u2019s in black-and-white,\u201d Alexander recalled. Still, Burton held firm. Realizing he wouldn\u2019t budge, Columbia abandoned the picture. Fortunately, Disney was there to pick it up\u2014and allowed Burton to follow his creative instincts.<\/p>\n 9. PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE\u2019S LEADING MAN IS IN IT.<\/strong><\/p>\n Although he appeared in more than 30 movies and worked with visionaries like Steven Spielberg and John Ford, Gregory Walcott is chiefly remembered for playing the main character in Plan 9 From Outer Space. \u201cIt\u2019s enough to drive a puritan to drink!\u201d Walcott vented in 1998. Regardless, when Tim Burton\u2019s Ed Wood came around, he made a quick cameo as a prospective investor in one scene. The film marked Walcott\u2019s final film appearance; the actor passed away in 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mark Mancini\u00a0and the Mental_Floss\u00a0present 14 Campy Facts About Ed Wood. \u00a0Here are three of my favorites… 1. 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