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Title: Johnny Depp Acting in Character for Sleepy Hollow

Author: Jean Cummings

Publication: Shivers

Issue: December 1999

JOHNNY DEPP has always chosen roles that are differ­ent, and his newest film Sleepy Hollow he displays his talent for humour and drama in a film reminiscent of the Hor­ror films of the ’50s and ’60s. Depp has the starring role in this new version of Washington Irving’s fable The Legend of Sleeply Hollow but the success of the film comes from the multi-faceted character of Ichabod Crane.

American-born Depp now lives with his wife Vanessa and their young daughter in France, but he had to adopt an English accent for the role of Crane. It is something he worked hard to develop.

Inspiration

“You know what I did?” he responds to our inquiry. “I watched a lot of old Horror films. People like Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.” The inspiration for the character, he says, was in fact three people. “Number one was Basil Rathbone from the old Sherlock Holmes movies. Number two was a very great friend of mine that recently passed away, Roddy McDowell. He was a great man, a great actor and he was a very impor­tant model for the character. In a way this was my opportunity to tip my hat to him, to thank him, to salute him. The third was a terrific actress, Angela Lansbury, she was a great model for the character.

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Synopsis

“The Vicar of Dibley” is a British television sitcom that follows the life of Geraldine Granger, the first female vicar of the fictional village of Dibley in Oxfordshire. Known for its warm-hearted humor and quirky characters, the series explores themes of community, faith, and the challenges of modern rural life, all while showcasing Geraldine’s unique approach to her role and the eccentric villagers she serves. Johnny Depp was in a special episode of The Vicar of Dibley that was broadcast as part of the 1999 Red Nose Day Campaign on March 12, 1999.

Plot

The series revolves around Vicar Geraldine Granger, played by Dawn French, as she navigates her new role in Dibley. Each episode features her interactions with the local residents, including their various antics and challenges. The comedy often arises from the contrast between Geraldine’s progressive ideas and the villagers’ traditional ways. The series is characterized by its blend of heartfelt moments and humorous situations, with many episodes culminating in uplifting resolutions.

Cast

• Dawn French as Geraldine Granger
• Emma Chambers as Alice Tinker
• Gary Waldhorn as David Horton
• James Fleet as Hugo Horton
• Trevor Peacock as Jim Trott
• Johnny Depp as Himself (Cameo Appearance)
• Other characters portrayed by various actors

Crew

• Creators: Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer
• Producers: Various
• Director: Various
• Writer: Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer

Release Dates

• UK Premiere: November 10,

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– Johnny Depp KNOWS Johnny-Depp.org and thanked us for accepting his privacy and not posting Paparazzi pics and gossip. I really really hope you keep it like that. He thanked me for the site 2010 in Berlin.

– Please don’t batch delete content (I mean, don’t delete the whole gallery and such). JDorg has become an archive of over 20 years. It’s probably the biggest Johnny Depp fansite in the web.

– you can decide on your own what to do and what not to do. I’d be happy to have the site live for the next 30 years. It shall become yours, you shall become part of this. This means: I don’t consider Johnny-Depp.org as “my” site, it is “ours” and I’m fine if you say elsewhere “I have a Johnny Depp fansite”.

– the site finances itself through ads. I’m sorry about that.

– if you ever are not interested in helping with the site anymore, please be honest and tell me! Interests change, that’s ok, mine did, too. I understand that. Just…tell me! If you did not update for 3 months / did not log in I guess you’re not interested anymore.

– I am not that up to date anymore regarding Johnny. But I’m always there to help with administrative things or themes. Just tell me and I’m there to help!

– Before destroying something accidentally –

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Title: Johnny Deeper

Author: Bill Zehme

Publication: Sky Magazine

Issue: September 1991

Johnny Depp is his real name. As a boy he was ridiculed for it. In the schoolyard he was called Dipp. Or Deppity Dawg. Later he was cal­led Johnny Deeper, this being based upon a popular adolescent joke he barely remembers: “Something about some guy having sex with some girl who kept saying, Johnny, deeper!’”

The day we meet he extends his hand to shake mine, except that his hand is more like a piece of weaponry. In place of fingers there are blades. We are on a Twentieth Century Fox sound stage where he is making Edward Scissorhands, his second major film, in which he portrays the man-made boy with scissors for fingers. He laughs quietly at his own comic gesture.

Later we meet one morning in a coffee shop, where Winona Ryder, his movie-star fiancée, has left him before driving off to do some errands. He is smoking too much and drink­ing too much coffee. He says he is ensla­ved by caffeine and nicotine and doesn’t sound proud of it. “I like to be pumped up and hack­ing phlegm at the same time,” he says wryly.

“Coupla tequila worms flying out here and there,” Depp says, but he is joking about that. He hasn’t touched the hard stuff for a solid month, maybe longer. Depp is as dry as he’s ever been in all of his 27 years.

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By Johnny Depp

An appreciation of Kerouac, Burroughs, Cassady and the other bastards who ruined my life

There I was, age thirteen, eyes shut tight, listening intently to Frampton Comes Alive over and over again, as some kind of pubescent mantra that helped to cushion the dementia of just how badly I wanted to whisk Bambi, the beautiful cheerleader, away from the wedge of peach melba that was the handsome, hunky football hero. …

I was daydreaming of taking her out behind the 7-Eleven to drink Boone’s Farm strawberry-apple wine and kiss until our mouths were raw. ZZZZRRRIIIPP!! was the sound I heard that ripped me from that tender moment. My brother Danny, ten years my senior and on the verge of committing fratricide, having had more than enough of “Do you feel like we do?,” promptly seized the vinyl off record player and with a violent heave chucked the sacred album into the cluttered abyss of my room.

“No more,” he hissed. “I can’t let you listen to that shit anymore!”

I sat there snarling at him in that deeply expressive way that only teens possess, decompressing too fast back into reality. He grabbed a record out of his own collection and threw it on.

“Try this … you’re better than that stuff. You don’t have to listen to that shit just ’cause other kids do.”

“OK, fucker,” I thought, “bring it on … let’s have it!”

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 JOHNNY DEPP DISCUSSES HIS LIFE AND WORK, AND HIS NEW MOVIE, SLEEPY HOLLOW  

JOHNNY DEPP has always chosen roles that are different, and his newest film Sleepy Hollow he displays his talent for humour and drama in a film reminiscent of the Horror films of the ’50s and ’60s. Depp has the starring role in this new version of Washington Irving’s fable Tile Legend of Sleepy Hollow but the success of the film comes from the multi-faceted character of Ichabod Crane. 

American-born Depp now lives with his wife Vanessa and their young daughter in France, but he had to adopt an English accent for the role of Crane. It is something he worked hard to develop. 

INSPIRATION 

“You know what I did?” he responds to our inquiry. “I watched a lot of old Horror films. People like Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.” The inspiration for the character, he says, was in fact three people. “Number one was Basil Rathbone from the old Sherlock Holmes movies. Number two was a very great friend of mine that recently passed away, Roddy McDowell. He was a great man, a great actor and he was a very important model for the character. In a way this was my opportunity to tip my hat to him, to thank him, to salute him. The third was a terrific actress, Angela Lansbury, 

she was a great model for the character.

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