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 Johnny Depp
Interview By: Ray Dademo
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The release of The Corpse Bride marks Johnny Depp's fifth collaboration with director, Tim Burton; a relationship that has lasted fifteen years. Over the course of the last decade, both men have seen their careers take drastic turns, each with his share of ups and downs.
"I've noticed a bit of a change," Depp agrees. "And a change in the attitude of the upper
echelon of the industry. For example, every time that Tim wanted to cast me in
one of his films, he had to fight like a bastard with the studio. And he was telling
me today, the Warner Bros people came to see him in London and said, 'Let's talk
about cast.' And they said [immediately], 'What do you think of Johnny?' And Tim
said he was like, 'Okay!' The fact that they brought it up was pretty astonishing
to him."
The fact of the matter is this: Depp is not the same actor he was fifteen years ago. Thanks
in part to his frequent collaborations with Burton -- not to mention the three
hundred million-plus gross of Pirates of the Caribbean and two consecutive Oscar
nominations -- Depp found himself bankable, for the first time.
"I've learned to condition myself to not have any expectations, as far as box office
or results to that degree. Because, as you all know, that kind of thing escaped
me for many, many years. It's a relatively new experience to have more than a few
people see my films. It's very exciting."
Riding this crest of newfound popularity has not changed Depp's attitudes toward the work itself. Not even the smash success of this summer's Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory forced him to bat an eyelash. He is an actor's actor and seeks to concern
himself with his character alone. "I literally -- two or three weeks ago -- called
my agent Tracy and said, 'Is Charlie doing okay?' And she said, 'Yeah. It looks
like its going to cross the 200 million mark, domestically.' And I said, 'Is that
good?'”
Aside from finding himself newly bankable, Depp also found himself at the center of more family-friendly fare, like Charlie. His children, Lily Rose, 6, and Jack, 3,
were now able to watch their father onscreen. "They came to visit me on the set
and they walked into my trailer and there I was decked out with the top hat and
Prince Valiant hairdo and cha-cha heels and the eyes and the teeth and the rubber
gloves. And they just kind of froze, stared at me for what felt like an eternity. Then they got over it and wanted to try everything on. I was so scared when they went to see Charlie, so in fear that they were not going to react well to the film.
My son, Jack, walked into the house and quoted Wonka and said 'You're really weird.
As a matter of fact, it was during Charlie that ...
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