With the kind of buzz that makes Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride already a favorite for this year’s Oscars, odds are that Johnny Depp will field two consecutive hits – By Stephen Schaefer for the Boston Herald.
Yet Depp’s cheerful demeanor has nothing to do with box office. As the 42-year-old took a break from his nearly yearlong filming of two Pirates of the Caribbean sequels, he’s learned to find joy in other things, such as raising his two children.
It was only last month that he finally asked his longtime agent how his last teaming with Burton, this summer’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, was doing.
Depp’s agent wasn’t thunderstruck. She must know her client keeps his head in the clouds, or at least far from the box-office charts. Charlie crossed the $200 million mark domestically, the official designation of a blockbuster. Its worldwide gross is more than $350 million, making it second only to Pirates as Depp’s most popular picture.
Still, Depp asked, “Well, is that good?”
