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Showing posts with label Johnny Depp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Johnny Depp. Show all posts
Monday, May 9, 2011
Johnny Depp Says THE LONE RANGER Will Reinvent the Role of Tonto
0 comments Posted by pece at 9:45 PM
When it was reported that Johnny Depp would be playing Tonto in the adaptation of The Lone Ranger, some were left wondering why an actor of Depp’s stature would take the sidekick role. The answer: he wouldn’t. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Depp expresses bewilderment that Tonto would take orders from The Lone Ranger:
“I remember watching [the 1949-1957 TV series in reruns] as a kid, with Jay Silverheels and Clayton Moore, and going: ‘Why is the f—ing Lone Ranger telling Tonto what to do?’”
Apparently Johnny Depp was a foul-mouthed kid. Hit the jump for what he and director Gore Verbinski (Rango) are planning for the film adaptation.
Depp tells EW:
“I liked Tonto, even at that tender age, and knew Tonto was getting the unpleasant end of the stick here. That’s stuck with me. And when the idea came up [for the movie], I started thinking about Tonto and what could be done in my own small way try to — ‘eliminate’ isn’t possible — but reinvent the relationship, to attempt to take some of the ugliness thrown on the Native Americans, not only in The Lone Ranger, but the way Indians were treated throughout history of cinema, and turn it on its head.”
And if you’re wondering, “Wait. Isn’t Depp a white guy? Won’t this be redface?”, Depp is part-Indian (or so he was told growing up):
“I guess I have some Native American somewhere down the line. My great grandmother was quite a bit of Native American, she grew up Cherokee or maybe Creek Indian. Makes sense in terms of coming from Kentucky, which is rife with Cherokee and Creek.”
The Lone Ranger is set to hit theaters some time next year.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Jessica Alba revealed on a US TV music show that she has a crush on Johnny Depp.The Sin City star revealed her admiration of Depp on MTV’s TRL.
She said: “I have a huge crush on him. When I saw him at the Golden Globes I made eye contact with him, and got all flustered.”
She added: “Of all the men in the business, he is my favourite.”
Johnny Deep is rumored to be starring in the sequel to Sin City, but Alba, 26, says she doesn’t know if that’s true.”
Alba said: “I don’t know. I sure hope so!”
During the live broadcast, Alba proved to be a whiz at the board game Operation, successfully completing the task that was set for her.
Alba was appearing on TRL to promote her latest movie Awake, starring opposite Star Wars actor Hayden Christensen and Oscar nominated Terence Howard.
The film tells the gruesome tale of a man who suffers anesthetic awareness and finds himself awake and aware, but paralysed during heart surgery.
In a scene in the movie, Alba can be seen topless with her back to camera.
The star has said in the past she would never do nudity on film, but said of this scene, “Nobody was in front of me, but the wall.”
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