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Johnny Depp revisits the spirit of Hunter S. Thompson

Dec 2 2011

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GQ, December 2011 – The Hunter and the Haunted

Dec 1 2011

Title: The Hunter and the Haunted

Author: Robert Chalmers

Publication: GQ

Issue: December 2011

At 48, Johnny Depp shouldn’t make any sense. The punk kid turned blockbuster box-office pirate; the Heartthrob who longed for (and achieved) indie credibility; Hollywood’s most bankable enigma. This month, with the release of Hunter S Thompson’s The Rum Diary, the actor is on a personal crusade to honour the gonzo legend – and all the insanity he stood for. GQ finds a man unchanged by the weight of global fame: Johnny Depp, just as we like him, straight, no chaser. Buy the ticket, take the ride…

Those terrible 40 seconds would have moved even the most sceptical man to prayer, but Johnny Depp, remembering the trauma, responds with a deep, sonorous laugh. I mention how film director Bruce Robinson, who was sitting next to Depp when their private jet lost power to all systems over the Pacific, had told me that the actor reacted with similar amusement at the time, contemplating what might have been The last scene in an extraordinary life.

“There was a moment when I thought “Jesus Christ, we’ve had it,” Depp tells me. “We were on a recce for The Rum Diary in Mexico. And the plane just shuts down. Big time. All the lights go out.” He can’t stop himself from laughing again. “Then we go into a strange, uncontrolled descent. I looked at Bruce and said: ‘Is this it?’

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