Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie may soon share the screen in new film The Tourist, Variety has learned.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star is reportedly in negotiations to play the male lead opposite Angelina Jolie, replacing Sam Worthington who recently dropped out of the cast. Jolie herself was a recent replacement for Charlize Theron, who was long attached to the project.
The revamp of the 2005 French spy thriller Anthony Zimmer follows a female Interpol agent who ropes an everyman American tourist visiting France into being bait in the hunt for a wanted criminal who’s also her former lover.
Johnny Depp saved Courtney Love’s life once.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star had to give the Hole singer – who has a history of alcohol and drug abuse -CPR after she collapsed following a drug binge.
Courtney tells Britain’s Style Magazine: “Nobody has ever loaned me money. I mean, I was going to die on a few occasions. Johnny Depp gave me CPR on one. That’s as close as I ever got. I was watching that movie where he plays Dillinger, and I was like ‘Motherfucker, I never had myself any JD except CPR.’”
Johnny Depp may not appear in the next Pirates of the Caribbean film, the Oscar-nominated actor has revealed.
Following the departure of Disney chief executive Dick Cook last Friday, Johnny has decided he will have to wait to see the script for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides before he will commit to the movie.
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The latest addition to the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise has set sail! Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is slated for a summer 2011 release.
Dressed as his alter-ego, Capt. Jack Sparrow, series star Johnny Depp arrived on a pirate ship to help announce the news to more than 5,000 at this year’s D23 Expo — the Disney program based on building a fan community of enthusiasts — in Anahem, California on Friday.
Entertainment legend Carol Channing, 88, has given Johnny Depp her blessing to portray her in a film.
Earlier this month, the Pirates Of The Caribbean star raised eyebrows when he revealed that his “dream role” would be to play Channing in a gender-bending biopic about her life.
Carol doesn’t think that’s so odd, in fact, she says she’d be honored to have the Oscar-nominated Depp as an on-screen alter ego.
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Is Johnny Depp about to do drag on the big screen? Well, he sure wouldn’t mind! The Oscar-nominated actor would love to play aging stage star Carol Channing in a movie based on her life in showbiz.
“My dream role would be to play musical legend Carol Channing in a biopic of her life. I love her, I really do. She’s amazing,” he told Britain’s The Mirror Thursday. “With all the digital technology available these days I could probably pull it off.”
Oscar-nominated actor Johnny Depp and Oscar-winning star Jamie Fox are reportedly being courted to play pop legend Michael Jackson in a new biopic based on the life of the late icon.
The “Thriller” singer died of a suspected cardiac arrest in his Los Angeles home last week. He was 50.
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Johnny Depp is campaigning for the title of “Best Celebrity Tipper” after leaving a $4,000 tip after a late-night dinner at a Chicago restaurant. Read the rest of this entry »
Public Enemies star Johnny Deppt talks reading, guitar, and painting — the things he counts among his favorite hobbies in the July issue of Vanity Fair — on newsstands everywhere June 9.
“What I love to do is paint people’s faces, y’know, their eyes,” he says. “Because you want to find that emotion, see what’s going on behind their eyes.”
Oscar-nominated actor Johnny Depp will splash onto the small screen with a guest appearance as surfer dude Jack Kahuna Laguna on the 10th Anniversary episode of Nickelodeon’s animated series SpongeBob Squarepants.
Check out this preview of Johnny’s big SpongeBob debut.
Johnny Depp guest stars on SpongeBob Squarepants this Friday, April 17.
