Actor Johnny Depp has spoken about the role of the journalist in his new film based on a book by the author Hunter S. Thompson.
Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show the Pirates of the Caribbean star added how he found The Rum Diary in a box in Thompson’s basement.
Watch the interview: here
the following article is Copyright Shortlist.com October 2011
“I am preparing myself to forgive you,” says Johnny Depp, dramatically. “I think you’ve been punished enough.”
What heinous crime has ShortList committed to warrant such hard-fought absolution from one of the most famous men on the planet? Only to ask him for his favouriteWithnail & I quote, which, as Uncle Monty devotees will already have spotted, he promptly provided, accent and all.
However, we’ve not waited up until the early hours for Depp’s transatlantic call simply to trade lines from cult films. The 48-year-old is phoning ShortList to promote his latest project — a big-screen adaptation of Hunter S Thompson’s debut novel, The Rum Diary.
It’s been 13 years since Depp’s first celluloid flirtation with Thompson’s work, in the shape of the almighty Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas. The Rum Diary, written a decade before Fear And Loathing but not published until 1998, finds the actor playing permanently ‘thirsty’ journalist Paul Kemp; another drink-and-drug-pickled, semi-autobiographical Thompson protagonist.
Replacing Terry Gilliam in the director’s chair for this adaptation is Withnail visionary Bruce Robinson (hence the Uncle Monty impression), whom Depp lured out of a 19-year retirement to write the screenplay and direct the film.
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Part 1 (Johnny appeares at 7:10):
httpv://youtu.be/l5Y1neArQUA
Part 2:
httpv://youtu.be/l61YNizRVZM
Johnny was interviewed by Jay Leno twice in 1995 (November 5), time of Don Juan DeMarco and Nick Of Time’s release. You can check it in the transcript below!
Jay Leno: -Get right to my first guest, one of the most respected actors working today, you know him in such films as Edward Scissorhands, Benny & Joon and Ed Wood. Latest film called Don Juan DeMarco and getting terrific reviews, with Marlon Brando. This is his very first talk show, glad to have him, Johnny Depp!
(Johnny comes in to the screams of the audience applauding wildly, shakes hands with Leno. Sitting down he looks very uncomfortable. He looks at the crowd and says ‘Geez!’)
Jay Leno: -Here we go, you want one of these? Here we go. Unless you brought enough for everyone.
Johnny Depp: -There was a tray back there…
Jay Leno: -That’s cool, that’s cool. So, this is like a strange environment, doing these kinda shows, is it weird?
Johnny Depp: (Smiles) -Yes. Yeah, to me.
Jay Leno: (Laughs) -I kinda thought that. You never did any kind of theater did you?
Johnny Depp: -No.
Jay Leno: -Mostly behind the camera. Is it odd to be in front of a large group,
Joining Graham Norton on his sofa are Hollywood icon Johnny Depp, talking about his new film The Rum Diary; Oscar-nominated actress Carey Mulligan, who stars in the upcoming movie Shame; comedy superstar Ricky Gervais, introducing new series Life’s Too Short; top stand-up Ed Byrne; and Snow Patrol, performing the single This Isn’t Everything You Are.
Click here to watch some snippets.
The show will air Today, 22:35 on BBC One
Johnny is at the European Premiere of the Rum Diary at the Odeon, Kensington, in London.
Alice Cooper has long been considered one of the preeminent denizens of the dark. With his lifelong commitment to horror makeup, heavy metal music, and golf, it couldn’t have happened any other way. So when director Tim Burton needed a music act to appear in his upcoming adaptation of the old, spooky soap Dark Shadows, Cooper seemed like an easy fit. Hero Complex reports that the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is set for a cameo in the film where he will be performing his hit song ‘No More Mr. Nice Guy.’
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In an interview with Life magazine, Johnny Depp revealed that he almost died while on a private jet en route to Los Angeles.
Depp was on the plane with Rum Diary director Bruce Robinson when the engines failed and the pair believed they were going down.
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