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Tokyo – The crowds at the airport said it all. Hundreds, perhaps thousands of Japanese fans, mostly women, greeted superstar actor Johnny Depp as he arrived at Tokyo’s Narita Airport. Wearing shades, a brown jacket, t-shirt, blue jeans and a gray hat, Depp smiled and waved as he strode past the overflowing crowd on his arrival in Tokyo to promote his latest film, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” – By Daniel L. Smith.

The turnout for the airport arrival was just the first of what appeared to be “Depp Mania” as the actor joined director Tim Burton and producer Richard D. Zanuck in promoting the film’s Japan premiere.

The trio appeared together at a packed press conference, held at the Imperial Hotel, where Depp talked about his role in the film and his relationship with Burton. Burton has been at the helm of two other movies starring the talented actor Edward Scissorhands, and Sleepy Hollow.

“Tim and I talked early on in the process,” Depp said of the discussions the director and actor had about the character development of Charlie Wonka prior to the start of filming. “Once I found him, it was pretty easy to get there,” Depp added.

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Johnny appeared at the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Press Conference – see the pics here

He looks…SO HOT!

An example:

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TOKYO (AFP) – Johnny Depp has been branded an eccentric for playing a recluse with scissors for hands and a delusional Don Juan. This time his own son is calling him a weirdo for his role as crazy candyman Willy Wonka.

The Hollywood heartthrob said he invited his children to watch him dress up in his slick jacket and top hat to shoot “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” the latest film version of British writer Roald Dahl’s kids classic.

Depp, in Tokyo Sunday ahead of the Japanese release of Tim Burton’s movie, said his three-year-old son was astonished and told his dad, “You are really weird”.

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I added some pics from Johnny’s arrival in
Japan to the galleries/appearances galleries.

Here a short preview:
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John Wirt – the Advocate – Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride: Director Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are reunited for this stop-motion animated fantasy set to open September 23. (Just Announced: Opening in selected cities September 16) Set in a 19th-century European village, the film follows Victor (Depp), a bridegroom-to-be who disappears into the underworld. He marries the mysterious Corpse Bride (Helena Bonham Carter) there. Meanwhile, Victor’s despairing intended bride, Victoria (Emily Watson), waits for him in the land of the living. Voice talent includes Albert Finney, Joanna Lumley and Christopher Lee.

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Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka WITH his talent and looks, he would be forgiven for being loud and obnoxious. – By Peter Mitchell – September 01, 2005.

Women love him and men have a right to be jealous of him. But on a steamy afternoon at the Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas, Johnny Depp is as gentle and sheepish as a sober nerd at a school formal. Deeply tanned from six months in the sun, Depp has taken a short break from shooting the Pirates Of The Caribbean sequels near the resort to chat about Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. He speaks in whispers, is polite and intelligent and sweet.

It was not always the way, he says. As a kid his mother had a special name for him.

“She used the term hellion,” laughs Depp. “I wasn’t obnoxious but I was curious. There were a lot of practical jokes. I got on her nerves basically. I pissed her off quite frequently.”

Depp is a Hollywood chameleon, switching from dirty Jack Sparrow to tidy playwright James Barrie in Finding Neverland, Constable Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow to Edward Scissorhands.

Now he is Willy Wonka, the weird chocolate mogul in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, the remake of the Roald Dahl classic.

Copyright 2005 News Limited.

This is an article excerpt. To view the article in full, please visit the entertainment.news.com.au website.

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Released in the UK on 29th July Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is the second adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic. In the brand new version the film star Johnny Depp is sure to make Dahl collectables hot property this year.

Merchandise for the Elm is stacked up in stores ranging from lunch boxes for kids to golden ticket cufflinks for adults. Hang on to your packaging,  stash away those mint books and hide away those promotional posters because Charlie and the Chocolate Factory collectables should rocket.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was first published in 1964 in the US and followed on in the UK in 1967. The book was a huge success and has since been published in 32 languages selling 13.7 million copies. Today everyone knows the story of Charlie Bucket who eats cabbage soup because his family are so poor. One day he is lucky enough to find a golden ticket to visit the famous Wonka factory. Four naughty children, hundreds of Oompa Loompas and the eccentric Willy Wonka all add to the tale those generations of children have adored. Roald Dahl found C Charlie and the Chocolate Factory one of the most difficult books to write and originally had 15 children in the book. He showed his first draft to his nephew, Nicholas, who after reading it through, told his Uncle that it was rotten and boring! Dahl went back to the drawing board and after condensing the characters down to just five children created the story that we all love today.

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