An Admirers' Site Dedicated to Johnny Depp and His Work
July 17, 2005 – FemaleFirst.uk.co – Johnny Depp can’t understand why women love him [and] is bemused by his effect on women – and is convinced the only reason he has so many female fans is because they “feel sorry” for him…
Johnny Depp (Willy Wonka), Director Tim Burton, David Kelley (Grandpa Joe), and Freddie Highmore (Charlie Bucket) were recently interviewed at a press conference held in London on July 16, 2005. The subject was to discuss their much anticipated new movie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This unoffical transcript was compiled by Jack Foley.
Q. For the actors, having real sets must make a huge difference, I would have thought?
A: Oh yeah. I mean to have all that stuff around you to react to and especially for the kids I imagine, you know?
Q. You always seem to play eccentric characters in film like Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow and now Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. How much of you is there in these films?
Burton: We’ve got lots of problems. (Laughter). So we like to work them out in films.
Depp: It is kind of therapeutic to go in and make an ass of yourself and be paid for it. There’s something to be said for that. As an actor, with any character you play, you have to bring as much of your own truth to the character as possible and then you make an ass of yourself.
Q: How do you go about finding the character of Willy Wonka? Obviously, you don’t want to go down the route that was done in the 1971 film, so where do you get the character from?
A: We’re all very lucky to have the book.
Saturday, July 16, 2005 – By LIAM LACEY – The Globe and Mail.com – Could the career of Johnny Depp have existed without Tim Burton, or Burton’s without Depp, wonders LIAM LACEY
Fri Jul 15, 2005 – By Susan Wloszczyna – USA TODAY – Candy, as they say, is dandy. But when it comes to the cinematic variety, eye candy doesn’t come more Godiva-like than the goodies conjured by director Tim Burton, especially when he teams with his always-changing muse, actor Johnny Depp…
July 15, 2005 – BY ANGELA DAWSON – Chicago Sun Times – NASSAU, Bahamas — This sun-drenched Caribbean nation might seem an unusual setting to hold a press conference for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. But Johnny Depp, the star of this new family film, is busy shooting back-to-back Pirates of the Caribbean sequels nearby, so journalists from all over the world have arrived in this tropical paradise to talk to him while he is on shore leave from his role as Capt. Jack Sparrow.
Charlie and Chocolate Factory Opens Today in the U.S. – Visit the official website for movie info, sweepstakes, photos and tickets & showtimes.
July 15, 2005 – India Daily – Johnny Depp, the Oscar nominated movie hunk of acclaimed films like Finding Neverland and Pirates of the Caribbean, blames his meteoric rise to fame for his early days of alcohol addiction…
July 15, 2005 – JBlo.com – I had just flown into the Bahamas the day before but Johnny Depp, with a deep bronze tan, has clearly been here for some time. Down in the tropics filming the sequels to PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN Depp clearly doesn’t need to waste any time with bronzers – by his own admission, he couldn’t get any darker if he tried. It truly was JoBlo’s dream come true…I was there in paradise rapping with the man, the myth, the legend, the Depp…
The Seattle Times – By Moira Macdonald – Our first glimpse of Tim Burton’s version of Willy Wonka a.k.a Johnny Depp is through darkly sweet translucent oversized candy glasses…
RollingStone.com’s review of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory states ” Johnny Depp’s deliciously demented take on Willy Wonka, the candy man of Roald Dahl’s book, demands to be seen…