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another one that I see nothing in or
on.
~*~*Bethany*~*~
The Birds are OUT and
First Never Looked So Sweet!
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Subject: [Sndbox] Depp
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Disney's First Matey Doesn't Johnny Depp know
anything? Doesn't he know that there are two types of performers --
actors and stars -- and that he belongs to the former category? Actors
appear in independent, impenetrable movies as dark, tortured geniuses.
They are adored by critics and shunned by audiences. They live in
France. They do not -- repeat, do not -- show up in movies with the name
''Bruckheimer'' in the credits. Especially not if that movie is based on
a Disney theme-park ride.
And yet there Johnny Depp was, starring in ''Pirates of the
Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' -- and, almost as bizarre, he
seemed to be having the time of his life. Depp's previous performances
had a certain remoteness, but in ''Pirates'' he let audiences in on the
fun. His blurry, slurry Jack Sparrow was an effeminate, self-dramatizing
lush, but Depp played him with a wink, as if to say, ''Can you believe
they're letting me get away with this?'' They almost didn't, of course:
Some Disney executives tried to rein in his performance. Those same
executives called to thank him as the film blew past $300 million at the
domestic box office, becoming the year's most unexpected hit. ''I've
felt for years that the moviegoing audience has been underestimated,''
Depp says. ''So with 'Pirates,' it felt good to get letters and phone
calls from certain Disney executives who said, 'You were right, I was
wrong.''' --by Tim Carvell , with reporting by Chris
Nashawaty |
Charles
Mims
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