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Budget 20,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 7,237,794 USD
Al Pacino was initially interested in playing the title character, and worked with the producers on developing the script. However, Pacino ultimately dropped out of the project, due to script problems. Pacino felt, despite numerous revisions, they had never been able to transcend the script's B-movie qualities.
In an October 1, 1989 interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer, Walter Hill said: "I kept turning it down. No studio wanted to make it, and I didn't think any actor would be willing to play it. I wasn't sure the audience would buy the gimmick of the plastic surgery. It's an old-fashioned melodramatic device. Then about a year ago, I decided to do it. First, I figured that Hollywood is based on melodrama anyway and, second, I thought up a way to present the story in a way that resisted histrionics. More importantly, I found an actor who could play Johnny and not make it risible. Someone who understood the pitfalls of the thing. The main thing is that motion pictures have conditioned us to expect psychological realism. This is a drama in a different category. It's about moral choices. I knew I was on very thin ice. If you let any histrionics in, it will fall apart. You have to trust the drama of the whole rather than an individual scene. And that's antithetical to most actors. They want to know, 'Where's my big moment? When do I get to cry and scream?' Mickey understood that."
The movie is considered to be in the "film noir" genre. Walter Hill once said in an October 1, 1989 interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer: "This is very reminiscent of the kind of film noir they made in the '40s. You have the doomed character, and audiences back then were more comfortable with it. You can imagine John Garfield having a lot of fun with something like this."
The make-up applied to Mickey Rourke's face took three hours each day to apply.
According to Walter Hill, he turned down the picture four times, before agreeing to direct it.
"Vic Dumask: I don't know you, Mr. Mitchell. What can I do for you? John 'Johnny Handsome' Sedley: A laundry service. Could be five million dollars worth. Vic Dumask: That sounds illegal. John 'Johnny Handsome' Sedley: [sotto voce] It is."
"Rafe Garrett: You got a real nice face now don't you, Johnny? But I think I liked it better the old way. Yeah, and I think I can help you get it back. [punches Johnny]"
