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My name is Penny and I live in Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada, (although my address due to regional changes states North Hatley, this point will be useful later on). Johnny has been my inspiration for years as I have a bit of social anxiety and by seeing and learning about Johnny and his strength to believe in himself and make his decisions in life based on his beliefs has given me the strength to overcome some of my problems faced everyday in my work as well as in my social life. I have seen every movie he has made that is available in Canada, (missing – The Brave, Lost in La Mancha, The Source???), I have got them all in my collection and love the variety of his work. Now, do you believe in fate? For me, (and this sounds a bit physco), but Johhny kind of felt like a missing piece to my puzzle and every one of my friends, family, husband too, know of my deep admiration for Johnny. I was going to try to make this story short but I have been known to go on and on, you know those messages that say, after the beep, leave a short message, well I am there worst nightmare. A year ago I changed jobs after 7 years with a company, I am in customer service/sales, and my largest customers closed there doors (GM), and I went home. I had been traveling an hour to work west of my home town.

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since i didn’t know what time the premiere was supposed to start i wasn’t really sure when to go so i decided to go up the the theater at around 3:30 in the afternoon. i looked around trying to find axl, who said he was going to try to go, or cassady from the zone board. she was the only one who i knew for sure was going. she had said she was taking her small son with her so i looked for someone with a child, but couldn’t find one. my only other option was to go up to everybody there and ask if they were axl or cassady. i decided against that since i didn’t want the security guards, who outnumbered everybody else at the time, to think i was strange. i asked a few of them where to stand and was told to stand behind a barricade between the entrance for the red carpet trekkers and the main theater entrance. there were some photographers behind me. i don’t know why they were in that particular spot and lost track of them later on. but i think they were the lower level photogs, the paparazzi, if you will. i had become friendly with the closest guard and chatted with him frequently. i told him i was there representing the grandmothers for johnny crowd, which made him laugh. i don’t have any grandchildren myself but some of my friends from this board and the zone board who had encouraged me to go do have grandchildren and i’m certainly old enough so i made myself their rep.

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When I first arrived at Loew?s Lincoln theatre, the red carpet was just being set up. All the people I saw standing around were either security people or press. So I returned about an hour later, which was around 4. I apparently didn?t get there early enough (or, well, at the right time) so I had to stand behind the second barrier. I was in the front luckily, though there were still around five rows of people in front.
All of the fans waited excitingly to see some stars. As each limo pulled up, murmurs of ?who is that?? arose very quickly. Then of course we heard the millions of press screaming their names and ?over here,? as if they were a mere animal. Coming onto the red carpet I saw Enrique Iglesias, Robert Rodriguez, Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Miss. Universe, and some other people.
The last star to show up, and of course the best, was the one and only Johnny Depp. Millions (it seemed) screams of ?Johnny! Johnny!? were heard for miles I?m sure. At this point I decided to crawl under the barrier, so I could get closer. When Johnny came near the fans, everyone went crazy. He signed autographs, but didn?t stay too long. When he went inside, most of the fans waiting outside left also. I decided to go inside the theatre to see if I could catch another glimpse of him.

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I woke up early that Sunday morning, and lay in bed for awhile, asking myself “Am I really going to do this? Am I really going to go stand in a crowd, in front of a theater, all day long, in the off-chance that I might actually catch a glimpse of a celebrity I only know from TV and the movies? Could I really be that foolish?” The answer was, yes, I could. This wasn’t just any celebrity. This was Johnny Depp. Enough said. I’d been dreaming for 15 years of seeing him in person. The premiere for Once Upon A Time in Mexico seemed to be the perfect opportunity.

I still might have talked myself out of it if it weren’t for the fact that he was making an appearance the week after the infamous Dumb Puppy remark had become the big story, and the media and airwaves were still full of anti-Depp sentiment and cries for boycotts. Only a month or so earlier, the entire country had seemed to fall in love with him, when Pirates of the Carribean became the surprise hit of the summer, and he its most acclaimed star. Now it seemed that our fickle country had turned on him. I wanted to be there, so that at least one voice in the crowd would be yelling for him, not against him.

As I was getting ready to go, I caught my reflection in the mirror.

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Francesca has her own website, where you can read the whole encounter: ifod! Below is a snippet and her pictures!

Un silenzio sospettoso avvolge il lido? solo il vento che muove violentemente i rami degli alberi non smetti di fiatare, ma questo succede solo per una frazione di secondo perch

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(note: recently, when Ivy met Johnny, he told her he remembered the zone and he remembered his meeting with Irene!)

‘Adventures in Neverland’ – The Night I Met Johnny Depp
I had the privilege of meeting Johnny Depp during the filming of ‘Neverland’ in summer 2002. They were filming night shoots at the Richmond Theatre, Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey, England on three consecutive nights: Sunday 18th to Tuesday 20 August ’02. On the first evening that I visited the filming location I had to leave before Johnny was due to show up on set. On my second visit, however, I had the incredible good fortune of being able to watch him at work for over 6 hours – an evening that culminated in meeting him at 3:15 in the morning! I don’t have any photographs of that extraordinary night, but I do have vivid and wonderful memories together with Johnny’s inscription for me in my little ‘Dead Man’ book.

The simplest way to tell my adventure is to Start at the Beginning and keep going until I reach The End and then Stop. My story’s a long one, but I hope you enjoy it.

:irene
August 2002

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CHAPTER ONE – Sunday 18th August 2002

I went over to Richmond-upon-Thames in Surrey yesterday, Sunday 18 August, to see if I could watch the ‘Neverland’ location filming that Reemi reported from the ‘Dark Horizons’ site. And I arrived about 6 hours too early,

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Johnny came to Paris 2 days ago (6/18) for the Pirates promotion ! I couldn’t believe it ! I thought he was in montreal !!!! A friend called me saying that he was there and getting ready to leave ! I showed up but needed 1 hour to go to Paris , I did it in half an hour ! (Hopeing not to be caught by the police … ) and I saw him. It was so cool I haven’t seen him for such a long time. I was so happy. It was really quick and we didn’t had the time to speak really… many people were there. He just asked me what I was doing, and I didn’t even remember what the hell I was doing of my life !!!!!!! Shame on me ! Gladly he didn’t ask for my name I wouldn’t have remember !!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to see him again. A bus driver stop by when I was with Johnny, opened the window and scream, “An authograph for the bus driver !!!” , and Johnny walked in the street, reached through the bus window and sign the paper for the guy !!! That was so umbelievable ! I may have a pic of that but I?m not sure it?s gonna be a great one ! I?ll see ? It was greater at the deauville film festival, I had many pictures to share…

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When I found out that Johnny Depp was for sure going to be on the David Lettermen show, I decided then and there I was going to NYC to see him.

I luckily have a friend (thank you Wes!) who knew how I could get a ticket to the Letterman taping. I knew all this was risky, but I was determined and willing to take the risk. My mother, who has always supported my Johnny Depp ?habit? was wonderful enough to go with me and help him out with the long drive (thank you Mummy!). She knew how much this meant to me and probably wanted it to happen for me so I might shut-up about seeing him. Let me say here, I don?t know why I NEEDED to see him, or meet him?but I just HAD to. My fascination with Johnny has never been a sexual one, yes he is attractive, but I honestly fell in love with his acting and brave choices he made in his career and unique personality. The Kentucky connection also drew me in. I can?t tell you how many times I?ve heard Johnny stories around here about people seeing him, talking to, so many stories?that would have to be an entry of it?s own. Sorry, now back to my encounter. I arrived in NYC city (about 12 hours on the road) late Tuesday night. On Wednesday afternoon I got my tickets for Letterman and went back to the hotel room to freshen-up for the evening and had a hysterical moment.

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hi depp fan folks,

i just got back from the letterman taping and wanted to get my report down while everything is still fresh.

i was very lucky to get a ticket. as you might know, i work for a newspaper and at one time i did the daily tv and local event listings for the sports section. one part of my job was to keep in contact with the publicity people for the different networks. i always had a good relationship with them and it was that relationship than enabled me to get a letterman ticket. last week i called one of my old contacts and asked her if she could help me. well, she busted her ass for me! it took her a few days but yesterday morning she told me she had been successful and she got me a ticket. all i had to do was show up this afternoon with my confirmation letter and a photo i.d. of myself and i was in.

johnny was already iniside when i got to the theater. i hope those outside were able to see him. the production assistant greeting people at the door told me that since i was a guest of cbs i would have one of the best seats in the house. that was a surprise because i had thought that there would be a mad scramble for seats. the cbs guests, 40 or 50 of us i estimate, were taken to the balcony and seated in order in the front rows of the balcony.

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I met him two years ago and it was wonderful! I was at work and a friend of mine told me he was in the city doing an interview with David Letterman. So Iran down to the studio and waited outside until he got there. He showed up and a lot of fans were there screaming and asking for autographs and pictures and I was just frozen staring at him.
He noticed that I was pregnant so he came right over to me, took my hand and said “Thank you for waiting here just to see me.” And I don’t remember what the hell I said. I think I told him that I loved him or something. I just thought he was such a gentleman for coming straight to me and that I might have the baby right then and there, I was so excited! LOL!
I never got to take any pictures because I didn’t have a camera with me but I did get his autograph on a picture I had with me in my purse. I’ll never forget meeting him. He was so sweet! And next time I hope I at least have my camera with me!

Anna has a lovely website, Got Depp! Be sure to pay it a visit!

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