The Insider caught up with legendary producer STEPHEN J. CANNELL, the man who discovered Depp and made him a star. “He didn’t like the show,” Cannell laughs.
In fact, the role of “Hanson” was actually already cast when Depp came into the picture: “It was an interesting situation,” Cannell recalled, “We had cast somebody else to play the part of Hanson … he didn’t have what we were looking for, we had just made a mistake.
Cannell says when Johnny read for the part it was clear to everyone that he was the perfect guy for the part.
