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Aug 3, 2005 – Yahoo News – HONG KONG (AFP) – Hollywood heart-throbs Johnny Depp and John Travolta will reportedly join singer Julie Andrews to help launch Disneyland’s new theme park in Hong Kong next month. Andrews famously played “Mary Poppins” in the classic children’s fantasy movie of the same name. Depp, starred in Disney films “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Finding Neverland”, and Travolta featured in 1998’s Oscar-nominated “A Civil Action”…

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July 19, 2005 – Tonight – Johnny Depp shocked fellow drinkers in a London pub by buying them all a drink. The actor – in the capital for the UK premiere of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory – bought a round for more than 50 members of the public when he stopped into Waxy O’ Connors near the capital’s Leicester Square…

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July 19, 2005 – Hello Magazine.com – Johnny Depp has never been one for playing it safe. His preference for off-beat movie roles has earned him a reputation as one of the industry’s best actors, and that same free spirit now looks set to make him a bonafide style icon…

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July 17, 2005 – BBC NEWS – Emma Jones interviews Johnny Depp on his approach to playing Willy Wonka in the new film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Depp said, “There are so many levels, you want to be true to the author’s intent; you want to be true to the director’s vision; you want to be true to yourself, in some ways you want to take the character–and at the same time, I’m trying to imagine what Roald Dahl might have wanted to see in a character like Wonka today.” To view video click here.

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Irish Examiner – 17/07/2005 – Thousands of screaming fans packed London’s Leicester Square to see the star, who plays Willy Wonka in the £80m remake of Roald Dahl’s much-loved children’s classic…

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Hollywood hunk JOHNNY DEPP bought drinks for an entire London pub yesterday (18JUL05) …when he paid a surprise visit to famous Leicester Square pub, Waxy O’Connors, and quenched the thirst of more than 50 tourists and Londoners.

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July 18, 2005 – bbc.co.uk. – ‘Charlie And The Chocolate Factory’ premiered in London yesterday (Sunday) and all the cast turned up on the red carpet – including Johnny Depp…

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July 13, 2005 – Johnny visits The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to talk about the opening of his new movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

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11 JULY 2005 – Hello Magazine – Appropriately clad in a chocolate-coloured jacket and hat, Johnny Depp attracted his fair share of attention when he arrived at the Los Angeles premiere of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory…

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The scene at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on July 10, 2005 was colorful with crowds of Deppheads as Hollywood Star Johnny Depp attended the premiere of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Depp, who plays the reclusive Willy Wonka is deliberately disconnected from reality. Vanessa Paradis, Frankie Muniz, Brittany Spears, and Darrel Hannah were also in attendance.

The following highlights are provided by the bbc uk edition:

Johnny Depp said his inspiration for the Wonka character was “part game show host, part children’s show host… locked in a closet for about 10 or 15 years”. But he has denied rumours that he based his performance on Michael Jackson. “It never entered my mind,” he told Sydney’s Herald Sun newspaper, saying the character was more similar to reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes.

Tim Burton also directed Depp in Edward Scissorhands and Sleepy Hollow “I think Johnny brings a great edge to Willy Wonka,” he said. “He invites kids to the factory and gives them sweets and chocolates, but on the other hand the four of them meet a sticky end.”

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is out in the US on Friday 10 July and the UK on 29 July.

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