Editing Drop Dead Fred (section)

==Production==
[[Tim Burton]] and [[Robin Williams]] were offered the roles of director and Fred, respectively. They turned them down.<ref name="denofgeek">{{cite web |date=September 1, 2017 |first=Mark |last=Harrison |url=http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/drop-dead-fred/257794/drop-dead-fred-looking-back-on-a-cult-classic |title=Drop Dead Fred: Looking Back On A Cult Classic |website=[[Den of Geek]] |access-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-date=October 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012124245/http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/drop-dead-fred/257794/drop-dead-fred-looking-back-on-a-cult-classic |url-status=live }}</ref>

The film's screenplay was rewritten by director [[Ate de Jong]] and producer [[Paul Webster (producer)|Paul Webster]] throughout pre-production. For the rewrites, de Jong took inspiration from being molested as a child by his older half-brother, stating, "The trauma of child abuse goes deep and its claws reach far in time. It was not something ever spoken about on the set, not with Rik or anyone, but for me it existed."<ref name=Larman />

Filming took place in August and September 1990. Filmed in [[Minneapolis]], a large part of the film was filmed at [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]'s [[Paisley Park]] Studios in the suburb of [[Chanhassen]].