The Isle of Man Experience
Ilse of Man, April 17th 2004, – by Lisa (and additionss by Jo)
On April 17th 2004 four lucky Johnny Depp – fans met Johnny on the Ilse of Man, where he was filming the movie “The Libertine” at that time, here is the report written by Lisa (and her sister Jo’s additionss) from Jo’s yahoo-group Heavenly_Johnny_Depp, two of the now happiest Johnny Depp – Fans.
The Isle of Man Experience
16/17 April 2004
Friday 16th April 2004
My sister Jo, her mate Natalie and I flew into the Isle Of Man on
Friday morning where we met up with a mate of Natalies called
Melina. We were there with only one intention – to get as close to
Johnny Depp as was humanly possible.
We were lucky as the B and B we were staying in was located very
close to the studios where they are filming the Libertine. Once we
had checked into the B and B we drove down to the studios.
We arrived and drove right up to the main buildings where this really
unhelpful guy came to speak to us. He told us Johnny never stops to
speak to his fans and no autographs were allowed. Then, next, we
spoke to the security guard (Warren) who was so friendly.
Slimy Depp Gets Gunged
It all seemed a bit of a chuckle at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards – with celebrities happy to make a fool of themselves. Monday April 04, 2005.
The Pirates Of The Caribbean star was on stage, all set to pull the gunk lever on fellow actor Ben Stiller – who had agreed to stand beneath the bucket of green slime. However, in true trickster style, when Johnny pulled the lever he was the one whose white t-shirt turned a slimy green. Top prize has to go to Johhny Depp, who was unwittingly gunged.
Jack Fan’s Encounter
Woohoo! I finaly met Johnny!!!…the isle of man used to be boring but now it’s great! …ok then here comes the story… Johnny had been filming all day at Island Studios, just down my road and so naturally, being the HUGE fan that i am. I set of down the studios to wait outside…i don’t care how long it takes I WILL MEET HIM!…2 and a half hours and alot of rain later …phill (the security guard) spotted a big silver audi with tinted windows at the back coming down the drive…I was like OMG OMG! “I think this is his car” he said….i nearly fainted, i was that excited! My heart was racing! His car drove up and it stopped..then his luvly bodyguard got out, then Johnny got out of the back!! he was soooo nice to me coz he was asking how i was as if we were old mates that hadn’t seen eachother for like 200 years! By this time it was absolutly pissin it down and the poor security guard was doing his best holding the umberella over me and Johnny. I had some piccies and things with me for him to sign so he got back in the car to sign them…but here comes the best bit… Then Johnny said don’t be silly come in outta the rain…so i got in and SAT IN THE BACK OF HIS CAR! with him sitting right next to me! I was like OMG OMG! (again!)…there were quite a few OMG moments throughout the meeting!!
Jenny’s Encounter
We were lucky enough to meet Johnny last week whilst he was at Charlecote Park filming The Libertine. He was wearing the exact same clothes that he has on in that picture of him this weekend in Brussels. He was a really nice guy and was happy to sign things and take photographs for us. Now we are slightly obsessed as we neva thought the man himself would be 2 minutes down the road!!!! yeah we went to stanway house tonight to try and see but they were gone! neva mind seein him twice would be greedy!! We had to sweet talk a security guard and eventually after 2 hrs he took us to his trailor!!!! then we had to wait outside for ages while he had a shower!!! not that we were complainin!!! yeah! we went one day just to have a look about and just saw a few extras! then went back the next day and talked to the security guard. He told us to come back at half 10 that night and hed see what he could do! and he did good!!!! i have a picture with his arm around me!!! OMG!!! insanely lucky. I just wish we’d sed more to him we were a bit dumbstruck to be honest. now we keep discussing all the things we should have said I said “hi nice to meet you, thankyou for this” and he shook my hand and said “wow your hands are freezin sorry i kept you waiting so long”
Wells, Somerset, UK
March 19, 2004
Following the bad press reported in the Taunton Times about JD?s failure to meet the fans at Montecute House earlier in the week, I would like to redress the balance by saying that he met fans here in Wells last night. Although we had to wait for a while until he was ready, we ALL got to meet him in turn in a trailer where we were given the opportunity to have pictures taken and get an autograph. We also had the opportunity to have a quick chat and the whole thing was very relaxed. As far as I could see he was personally dedicating every single item he signed! And he appeared to be a very unassuming, courteous and modest man ? my family and I were certainly impressed!