AS a pirate Johnny Depp rules the waves, but can he master the high Cs? by John Harlow, Los Angeles for The Sunday Times.
Stephen Sondheim, the veteran composer, wants the actor to take a voice test before he blesses Depp as cinema’s latest Sweeney Todd.
The 76-year-old composer is concerned that Depp, who has played with rock bands since he was 13 may be too "rock’n’roll" to play the murderous barber of Fleet Street.
Tim Burton, the London-based director behind the proposed film, has been praising Depp’s singing voice, but Sondheim needs to be convinced…
