From bad boy to contented dad, this latterday James Dean has reformed and settled down. But his choice of movie roles, now including a wild 17th century courtier, is as adventurous as ever
David Smith
Sunday November 13, 2005
The Observer
Death or nappies: this was the choice facing Johnny Depp. He could emulate his idol, James Dean, and smash himself up in a car, or ape his contemporary, River Phoenix, dead from a drug overdose outside Depp’s nightclub. Yet either fate would have been too cliched for someone unwilling to run with the pack. More daring, surely, to be a rebel with a cause: settle down, potter about the garden, change the kids’ nappies. [more…]
