The Tragic Story Of Johnny Depp | Biography Part 1 (Life, scandals, career)

This actor is a chameleon and a recognized Hollywood sex symbol. Films with his participation are non-standard and eccentric, and his roles became cult. He is textured but at the same time plastic in his images. This is Johnny Depp. What role did drugs play in his life? Which women made him trash a hotel room after their breakup? And what annoyed him about Leonardo DiCaprio? Today, on the Biographer channel, we will talk about the childhood and the formation of the personality of the talented actor, what traumas he went through, and why he was under arrest. First, click on the subscribe button and the bell to find out secret facts from the biographies of your favorite celebrities. Subscribe, sit back, and let's start. John Christopher Depp II, better known to us as Johnny Depp, was born on June 9, 1963, in Owensboro, Kentucky. He was the youngest child in the family. Depp had two older sisters, Debbie and Christy, and an older brother, Daniel. Johnny's childhood can hardly be called cloudless. His father, the full namesake of his son, was a civil engineer. He worked hard, drank frequently, and had the pleasure of beating his wife and children. His mom, Elizabeth Sue Wells, worked as a waitress from the age of 14, mostly in a roadside cafe. The profession and early growing up left their mark. In the interview with Rolling Stone, Depp talked about his mother's abusive and eccentric behavior, as well as their broken relationship in adulthood. Yeah, there were irrational beatings. Maybe it's an ashtray coming your way. Maybe you're gonna get clunked with the phone. Depp mostly remembers his mother returning home after working two shifts. He rubbed her legs while she counted coins from the tip. Although she idolized his mother, he was not blind to her erratic behavior and meanness. He told Rolling Stone magazine what he said at her funeral. "'My mom was maybe the meanest human being I have ever met in my life.'" It's clear that all conditions in which Johnny grew up influenced him and his future path. The only person with whom the future actor had a close relationship was his paternal grandfather, Jim. He affectionately called him Papa. While he was still very young, Johnny remembered picking tobacco in the fields with him and listening to his stories. He spent all his childhood with him, and when he died, the nine-year-old boy went through a real crisis, which was reflected in his behavior. Another factor was the constant change of residence. The family often moved because, according to the actor, his parents did not like to fix up and clean up their apartments. It got to the point that one day the family moved to a new house at the end of the street. By the age of 15, Johnny Depp had changed several cities and even houses in the same city, moving in total, according to his words, about 40 times. When his father was offered a higher salary in Florida, their family moved there, leaving all of Johnny's childhood friends in Kentucky. The lack of constancy and stability, the loss of a loved one, led to the fact that he began to constantly swear with his parents. At the age of 12, he began to smoke and get involved in alcohol, and a year later, he started a sexual relationship with a girl a few years older than him. When Johnny celebrated his 15th birthday, his parents divorced. This completely unsettled him, despite the fact that, as he said, he hated both parents. He started to take every drug known to man. Among them, according to the actor himself, were cocaine, ecstasy, LSD, psychedelic mushrooms, and pot. Mom asked me to give her psychotropic drugs. I tried one pill furtively and realized that this is the only way to soothe the pain," the actor later admitted. The result was logical. School absenteeism and the use of prohibited substances led to expulsion from school. Although later, Johnny said that he tried to change the situation. I went back two weeks later, I thought, you know what, this is crazy, I should go back. And I went back and I spoke to the dean of the school and he said, Johnny, we don't want you to come back. It's interesting that Johnny gave his daughter, Lily Rose Depp, a try of the drug when she was 13. The actor considers such an act a manifestation of a responsible parent, since many children in the high school where his daughter studied began to take alcohol and psychotropic substances from the age of 12 to 13 at parties. She was just 12 and she said she didn't know what to do. I said, listen, sweetheart, if you are at a party and someone hands you a joint, take the joint from the person and pass it to the next person. Please don't experiment with drugs with people you don't know. A significant event in the life of the future Jack Sparrow was a gift from his mother, a cheap $25 electric guitar which he received for his 12th birthday. Watching his cousins play in his uncle's gospel group, he became obsessed with both guitar and music. It became an incentive and creative outlet for Johnny. He independently mastered a musical instrument and when his parents divorced and decided to live an independent life, he left home and moved into a trailer with his friend Sal. At first, Johnny played with small garage bands. Then, he formed his first band which he called Flame. At that time, it seemed to him that he had found his place in life, his professional vocation. Soon, he joined the musical rock band Kids and performed in nightclubs as part of them. Once their performance was heard by Iggy Pop, after which, he invited the guys to perform as an opening act for one of his concerts. The future star was also impressed by the visual component of rock and roll life. You will hardly be surprised knowing his style of dressing. But the fact is that in order to stand out not only in behavior but also in style, Johnny stole things from his mother's closet. Then, I used to steal my mom's clothing. She had all these crushed velvet shirts with French-cut sleeves and, like, seersucker bell-bottoms. In one of the interviews, he admitted that he wanted to wear platform shoes but just couldn't find any. But the first fees were not comparable with what a young man needed to survive. Because Johnny was forced to get by with part-time jobs, he worked at a construction site, worked as a courier, and soon found a stable job selling ball pens. But the guy gave all his free time to music. In just four years, Johnny changed 14 different musical bands. At the age of 20, the guy first married the girl Lori Ann Allison, who is five years older than Johnny and worked as a makeup artist. Happiness did not last long. Two years later, the couple broke up due to the fact that the girl didn't like the constant lack of money. But their marriage was the second significant event in the life of our future star. Knowing about her husband's plans to become an actor, Lori introduced him to Nicolas Cage. By the time they met, they had already managed to gain experience in the He starred in Francis Ford Coppola's Rumblefish and a number of other films. From that moment, a new stage in the life of a young man began, which in the future would be quoted by both children and adolescents, imitating the habits of Jack Sparrow. In the meantime, he got the first role in the horror film that later would become a cult, A Nightmare on Elm Street. It was released in 1984. Johnny claimed that he counted on an episodic role considering participation in the film as a springboard for his musical career. But the directors were touched by his naturalness and charisma, and they offered the guy the role of Glenn, one of the main characters in the plot. Thanks to this role, other Hollywood figures drew attention to Johnny and began to invite the young man to shoot. And Johnny himself literally fired up with acting. Without hesitation, he accepted an invitation to shoot in the teen comedy Private Resort, which was released in 1985. This was the first role of a young actor where he had to make professional sacrifices, namely to act naked. But musical dreams didn't leave him. Wanting to save up for a new album, he took part in the filming of such television series as Hotel and Lady in Blue, as well as the supporting role of Donnie Fisher in the film Slow Burn, along with Eric Roberts. But it didn't work out as planned. Instead of a new album, Johnny chose to spend money on acting classes. And not in vain, as time has shown. Pumping professional skills turned out to be very useful. It led to the fact that we met a young man in the cast of Oliver Stone's military drama Platoon, where he received the supporting role of Private Lerner. Filming took place in difficult conditions. The whole process of shooting took 54 days in the Philippines. Actors were trained like real soldiers. They had to learn how to move with equipment through forests, swamps, and rocks, eat army food, and sleep in trenches. It was here that Johnny was able to play side-by-side with actors such as Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, John McKinley, Forrest Whitaker, and others. The film was released in 1986 and almost immediately received eight Oscar nominations. According to the law of meanness, almost the entire performance of Johnny fell victim to Oliver Stone's editing. It was cut from the final version of the film. The actor appeared only in a few frames in the background and in the central role of only one scene, where he worked as an interpreter. Without losing hope, upon returning from the Philippines, he continued to go through auditions. In some of them, he was successful. So, in 1987, Johnny played in the popular television series 21 Jump Street, getting the role of a policeman investigating the crimes of school children. By the way, another popular actor played along with John. Brad Pitt also participated in this movie, although it wasn't the title role. 21 Jump Street made the guy very popular among young people. Nevertheless, the actor himself felt that the show was stifling his potential. He didn't want to be seen as just a teenage idol. Playing the same one-dimensional character became tiresome for him. Johnny claimed more eccentric and meaningful roles, having not only creative talent but great ambitions. In an interview about 21 Jump Street, the actor spoke unkindly about the series. In the first two seasons, I thought there was a lot of good stuff going on. There were good, important messages. But I think around the third season, it started to get a little showboaty, you know what I mean? It just started to become false. It started to become this action packed can of soup, you know? You just market it and send it out. It got to the point that the actor began to commit provocative antics in order to be fired from the show. One day, he trashed a trailer. After being confined to a television series when you can't play anything but one particular character for, you know, nine months, that'll make you insane. Trying to get rid of the sugary role, Johnny happily accepted the invitation of the infamous director John Waters to play the lead role in the grotesque musical Cry Baby. There, John was a rebel, handsome, impudent, and an imprudent bully. The musical film was released in 1990 and received a lot of positive feedback from the audience. Such a step broke the stereotyped idea of Johnny as an actor of one role and became a springboard to the next role which became significant in his life. You probably immediately guessed which one. And while I haven't spoiled the movie yet, pause and write your guess in the comments. Yep, I'm waiting. In 1989, Johnny was lucky. He was invited to the lead role in Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands, despite the fact that there were decent competitors for the role. And all of them were no less talented than Johnny. Brad Pitt, Robert Downey Jr., and Jim Carrey. It's for this role that we remember Johnny Depp when we talk about his career achievements. Pirates are not taken into account. And exactly this role brought the actor three important things. It raised him to the acting Olympus, and also brought him the Golden Globe nomination and introduced him to Winona Ryder, It's interesting that the main character, a cyborg played by Johnny, speaks only 169 words for the entire film. However, this does not prevent the actor from showing us the whole range of feelings and emotions that Johnny experiences, using only one thing, his eyes. Well, there is one more important thing. This role helped Johnny make a long and strong friendship with Tim Burton, which gave the world such films as Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd, Dark Shadows, and other cool works of the tandem. They were two brilliant minds, and at the same time, two men experiencing difficulties with communication, but with a similar outlook. Johnny recalled their first meeting this way, In turn, Tim said, The strong cast — Vincent Price, Alan Arkin, Diane Weiss — gave the young actor a new experience. With particular warmth, he recalled working with Vincent Price. They became very close during filming and communicated until Price's death. But it was not without curiosities. It took some time for Johnny to get used to his costume. This act led to several Blade incidents. For example, once in a scene where Anthony Michael Hall's character had to confront the main character, he accidentally stabbed Hall's hand. But back to the matters of the heart. Winona charmed our hero. Innocent face, big eyes, she even wore an engagement ring, and Johnny got a Winona Forever tattoo in honor of her. When they met, Winona was 16 and Johnny was 26. It was a classic glance like in West Side Story where everything else went foggy. When I met Winona, we fell in love, it was absolutely like nothing ever before, ever. They soon became one of the most frequently discussed and adored couples in Hollywood. They were inseparable, spending whole days together, reading beat poetry, going to bookstores, and listening to their favorite records. They even had their own song, Crazy for You by Madonna. Five months later, Johnny proposed to Winona. She also admitted that Depp was her first love. When I first met Johnny, I was a pure virgin. He changed that. He was my first everything, my first real kiss, my first real boyfriend, my first fiancé, the first guy I had sex with. So he'll always be in my heart. Forever. Kind of funny, that word. But love didn't last forever. Gradually, they began to move away from each other. There were several reasons for this. The first was the workload of the schedules of both stars, since at that time, they were at the peak of fame, constant filming, schedules that didn't match. Somehow, they started to spend less time. The second reason was the paparazzi, as well as rumors and gossip about young actors. Yeah, the loss of privacy, kind of, even more than just the loss of privacy, the sort of aggressive invasion. Winona was credited with romances with Gary Oldman, then with Daniel Day-Lewis on the set of The Age of Innocence. Gradually, conversations around the couple about betrayals, partings, engagements, and disagreements in their couple began to grow. They experienced the breakup in different ways. According to rumors, Winona said that it would be better for both of them. Depp, on the other hand, experienced their breakup very painfully. Tim Burton, who watched Ryder and Depp's relationship, noted that the latter was never the same after his relationship with Winona. In the interview with the Los Angeles Times, the actor said, "...it's very hard to have a personal life in this town. My relationship with Winona, it was my mistake to be as open as we were. But I thought if we were honest, it would destroy that curiosity monster. Instead, it fed it, gave people a license to feel they were part of it." After a while, Johnny changed the tattoo from Winona Forever to Wine Forever, arguing that the complete removal of the tattoo would mean the removal of this part of his life with this girl. And he didn't want that. After Edward, the career of the future Captain Jack Sparrow rapidly went up. He was noticed by eminent directors, and one of them was Amir Kusturica, a symbol of the Balkan cinema. He offered Johnny a role in one of his films, Arizona Dream, which was released in 1993. Like all of Kusturica's films, Arizona Dream became a very unusual, surreal movie, where Depp played a romantic guy who followed his dream, learned to love, and went through the metamorphosis of growing up. Although, the dream, like the film, came out quite unusual. It featured Alaska and a flying halibut. Despite the eccentricity, the movie found its fans, becoming very popular in France and receiving a prize at the Berlin Film Festival. Then, there was a tandem with Mary Masterson in the touching comedy Benny and June, directed by Jeremiah S. Chekchik, which was released in 1993. The next work was the participation in the filming of the film What's Eating Gilbert Grape, of the same year, together with the young Leonardo DiCaprio. It was one of Johnny's first bright dramatic roles, where he revealed the image of a young guy, tired of life, who didn't see any prospects. Of course, until he met Love and went on a trip with his younger mentally retarded brother, who was played by DiCaprio. "...how love can also be very painful. It's a fine line between that love and a kind of a resentment and a hatred for the people that you care about." Recalling the shooting, Depp admitted that he was going through hard times at that time, and Leonardo annoyed him a little. "...I tortured him. I really did. He was always talking about these video games, you know? I told you it was kind of a dark period. No, I will not give you a drag of my cigarette while you hide from your mother again, Leo." Gradually, Johnny became addicted to public life. In 1993, he opened a club called The Viper Room, which was meant to be a rock concert venue. The club quickly gained popularity not only among musicians but also among celebrities. Everyone played there, from Guns N' Roses to Johnny Cash. Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Aniston, and Uma Thurman became frequent guests. The haven of fun and revelry was overshadowed by the death of Johnny's friend, River Phoenix. He died from a drug overdose. There was information in the press that sometime later, Johnny blamed himself for this. Allegedly, he personally gave Phoenix the same dose. As an argument, they gave his phrase, "'Imagine living with that.'" Friendship with Tim Burton brought the actor another role in 1994. It was the comedy-drama Ed Wood, where he showed the fate of the worst director in Hollywood, Edward Wood. The picture was shot in black and white, which made it very stylish and atmospheric. The biopic also impresses with its cast. In addition to our hero, you can see Sarah Jessica Parker, Martin Landau, Bill Murray, Patricia Arquette, and Vincent D'Onofrio. Tired of serious roles, Johnny gladly set to work, where he could have a lot of fun. For the sake of Wood's famous cat smile, special dentures were inserted into him. He changed into a woman, and freely felt in a working tandem with a brilliant director. Despite the film's box office failure, many critics received the movie positively. So, according to Rotten Tomatoes, Ed Wood has a rating of 8 out of 10 based on 59 reviews from critics, 92% of whom liked the film. The National Board of Film Critics of the United States included Ed Wood in the list of its 10 Best Films of 1994. In addition to the unusual role that brought our hero a lot of fans, this year gave Johnny a meeting with the famous model Kate Moss. This romance was stormy and dizzying. It was one of those that could be called on the verge. It's not for nothing that journalists dubbed their relationship cocaine. They met in 1994 at the New York Café table and immediately noticed each other. I knew from the first moment we talked that we were going to be together, then the model told. They didn't part until 1998 and all this time their relationship was reminiscent of a rollercoaster, scandalous antics, naked, outrageous passion and demonstrativeness. Kate introduced herself to journalists under the surname Depp, and Johnny mentioned to the media about his plans to have children. Whether it was on camera or real intentions, we won't know. But the couple didn't get out of their hotel rooms for weeks and tried to spend all their time together. They can't keep their hands, lips, mouths, legs off each other, one of Depp's friends recalled in an interview with People magazine. At the same time, they were under the influence of alcoholic beverages and drugs almost all the time. When sometime later, in 1994, the supermodel announced the breakup, Depp trashed the Mark Hotel room, for which he was arrested. This was followed by an equally eccentric situation, a loud scandal with breaking dishes in a London restaurant. The couple decided to reconcile in the same restaurant making love in front of obviously stunned spectators. In 1998, Moss already distinguished herself. She trashed a room in the French hotel, Hotel du Cap, where they rested together. Because she was not allowed to walk in a common corridor in a bikini. Nothing strange. Trying to keep Kate, Johnny gave her expensive gifts. For example, a diamond necklace, which he bought for his beloved and hid between the buttocks. I wonder how long she searched. The couple broke up after four years of relationship quietly, without official publicity. At some point, they stopped appearing together, and later, it became known about the separation itself. Johnny himself took the blame for the breakup entirely. I'm so stupid, because we had so much going for our relationship. I was difficult to get on with. I let my work get in the way, and I didn't give her the attention I should have done. Sure, I should care about my movies, but when I get home, I should try to leave that stuff behind. I couldn't do that, and I was horrific to live with. Trust me, I'm a total moron at times. Kate recalls their relationship with warmth. I was lucky to be with Johnny. He taught me a lot about fame. He told me never complain, never explain. Love adventures didn't prevent our hero from following his acting dream. Another reincarnation was waiting for Johnny in the film by Jim Jarmusch, Dead Man, which was released in 1995. Here, he had to play the shy accountant William Blake, who was forced to go on a mystical, possibly posthumous journey. This was followed by two works with Marlon Brando, Don Juan DeMarco and The Brave, released in 1995 and 1997. Their joint work was marked by an amazing coincidence of minds. In a 2016 interview, Depp recalled their meeting, during which they discovered that they were both big fans of William Sarian's play, The Time of Your Life. After that, Johnny opened his wallet and took out a folded piece of paper, an excerpt from a book with the same play, which he always carried with him. Surprisingly, Marlon did the same. He showed him a frame in which there was the exact same, folded and many times re-read excerpts of the book, which he had carried in his purse for many years before. Depp greatly respected and looked up to Brando. In the same interview, speaking of Marlon, he said the following words, especially the fact that no one wants to be a novelty. It's important to mention that The Brave was Johnny's first directorial debut. The film was based on the novel The Brave by Gregory McDonald, in which the actor also played the main role. But this debut was not easy for him. Moreover, he was forced to invest about $2 million in film production, paying a quarter of the total costs. This was one of the most difficult things I've ever done. It's just about ripped me to shreds. Despite Johnny's efforts, the picture failed and received a number of negative reviews. Variety called the film a Screen International were more categorical. Depp's ignominious directorial debut crawls across the screen for two hours like a snail, narratively inept and dramatically empty. In parallel, a kind of criminal period began in Johnny's career. He starred in the action movie Nick of Time by John Badham, where he played the role of a cowardly accountant who faced a difficult moral and ethical choice with an unexpected plot twist. In Donnie Brasco in 1997, Johnny worked on the set with the famous Al Pacino. An experienced gangster and his assistant, who was actually an undercover FBI agent, made an excellent team, not only in the film, but also on the set. Both Pacino and Johnny confessed they admire each other. In fact, it was Al Pacino who was first supposed to play Brasco in the movie. But once Pacino decided to don the character of Lefty, the actor recommended Johnny Depp for the role. This proved to be a strength of the film because, as the great Roger Ebert pointed out in a review of the film, Donnie Brasco is essentially a movie about friendship between two men, two tough men who hardly find anchor in each other. The film received positive reviews from critics and commercial success, as well as about 20 awards and nominations at American and international film festivals, including nominations for the Oscar, Best Adapted Screenplay and the European Film Award. And here, we turn to one of the iconic movies of Johnny Depp. Well, who already guessed it? And now? That's right, folks. It's about the hallucinogenic adventures of the main characters in the film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which was released in 1998. The story is based on the novel of the same name by the infamous writer Hunter S. Thompson, which the actor read at the age of 15. In 1994, Johnny had the opportunity to meet the author himself. Struck by his openness and extravagance bordering on insanity, Johnny immediately felt like they were alike. Well, who would have doubted? According to Johnny himself, their meeting took place in 1994 at the Woody Creek Tavern, which was located in Colorado. The first thing the actor remembered about his friend was the sparks that his stun gun gave out. I see sparks. I realize there was a taser gun. And people were leaping and hurling themselves out of the path of the mayhem that was approaching. And I heard the voice first say, Out of my way, you bastards! He made the Red Sea part, arrived at my table and said, How are you? My name is Hunter. To prepare for the role, Depp lived with Hunter for several months at his house. And during this period, they became so close that journalists began to call them family. This friendship lasted until the writer's death in 2005, after which Johnny paid for his rather expensive funeral. Its price was associated with the writer's unusual last wish, and Hunter wanted his ashes to be shot from a cannon. Quite an appropriate funeral for such a person. In addition, he paid off all his debts and produced the film The Rum Diary, based on Thompson's novel of the same name. He also played a major role in it, and this role was the beginning of a sequence of troubles for our hero. But more on that later. Remembering Hunter S. Thompson, Johnny said the following, He knew I worshipped him, and I know that he loved me. So he may have been part father figure, part mentor, but I'd say the closest thing is brothers. We were like brothers. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was nominated at the Palme d'Or at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. But the jury, which included Depp's ex-girlfriend Winona Ryder, awarded the prize to the work of Greek independent director Theo Angelopoulos. The turn of the millennium was crowned with the opening of Johnny's personal star on the walk of fame and wild popularity. Now, he could sort through the films and choose only those that matched his taste and vision, selecting the actors with whom he would like to work with. But fame and success didn't prevent our hero from critically evaluating himself and remaining sober in relation to his results. In 1999, the next cult film starring Depp was released. It was the mythical thriller The Ninth Gate, directed by Roman Polanski. The actor was able to brilliantly embody in the film a new image for himself, a charming, money-hungry scoundrel. The Ninth Gate packages its scares with classy style that the characters deliver with sexily provocative intelligence. Dean Corso may be Johnny Depp's greatest spiritual transformation, from odious to ultimate evil, and the audience cheers on his descent, happy to ride with him straight to hell. The film brought the actor not only an excellent role. On the set of The Ninth Gate, Johnny met his future wife Vanessa Paradis, with whom he lived for 14 years and had two children. In the interview with the Daily Mail, the actor recalled, She was wearing a dress with an exposed back and I saw that back and that neck and then she turned around and I saw those eyes and boom. You have this feeling. I can't really explain what it is, but I had it when I met her. I saw her across a room and thought, what's happening to me? A year later, their daughter was born. They called her Lily Rose Depp. The actor changed a lot, according to friends' words. He gave up drinking, drugs and idle entertainment. When I saw my daughter being born, it was the first really totally selfless moment I've had. Johnny completely immersed himself in the family and the upbringing of his first child while continuing to shoot in movies. In the same year, 1999, another famous film was released. It was a gothic horror film featuring Depp, Sleepy Hollow by Tim Burton. It was a loose adaptation of Washington Irwin's short story in which Johnny played the role of Constable Ichabod Crane, who investigated murders and at the same time lost consciousness at the sight of blood. The image of Ichabod was as if painted under Johnny. Just look, extravagant, bright, eccentric. He quickly gained popularity and became a cult. And of course, it's impossible not to mention that such amazing actors as Miranda Richardson, Casper Van Dien, Christopher Lee, Jeffrey Jones and others worked on the set with Johnny. Perhaps it was thanks to the good directorial and acting work that Sleepy Hollow collected a number of awards, the Oscar for Best Production Design, the BAFTA for Best Costume Design, Saturn and others. After filming, Johnny had the warmest memories of his work and a very unusual bonus, a one-eyed horse that played Ichabod Cranes in the film. The final period of Johnny's dark films was another horror film, From Hell, where he appeared in the image of Inspector Frederick Aberlein, a brilliant drug addict detective who was also a clairvoyant. Under an opium stupor, he saw crimes before they happened but couldn't prevent them. The work of Albert and Elaine Hughes really deserves attention, if you haven't seen it yet, check it out now. Great acting by Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian Richardson, and of course Depp didn't give the film a chance to fail. Although some critics, with cynical sting, reacted to Johnny's approach to the manifestation of the character. Despite the fact that From Hell was not the first historical film in Johnny's biography, he took the opportunity to participate in the film with great enthusiasm. I'm a history freak and always wanted to travel back in time, so period films give me that opportunity. Walking onto the Whitechapel set they built in Prague was about the closest opportunity yet for me to step back in time. Between horror and family life, Depp was involved in a number of roles, so in 2000, three films were released, The Man Who Cried, Before Nightfalls, and Chocolat. The role of a transvestite prisoner as well as a sadistic jailer in the same film, Until Nightfalls by Julian Schnabel is considered one of the most scandalous in Johnny's career. And not only because the actor played two opposites opposed in one plot, the tape touches on a number of political and acute social issues in the life of the post-revolutionary Cuba, mixed with the fate of people who got out of the regime, poets, artists, gays. By the way, for this role Johnny didn't take a cent, thus confirming the idea that acting for him is, first of all, a way to express himself and his ideas. In 2001, one of the most controversial, according to critics, of Depp's work, Blow was released, where the actor had the opportunity to work with Penelope Cruz. Here, he got the role of American smuggler George Young. The drama, directed by Ted Demme, was based on real events and told about the life path of the protagonist. While preparing for this role, Johnny even visited George Young in prison for several days. Here is what he later wrote about those meetings. It's very rare in life that any person opens up their heart and soul to you with unlimited access to their most profound thoughts, dreams, fears, regrets, intimacies. Even more rare when you've just met that person and because of the obvious predicament, it's highly unlikely that you will be spending too much time with them in the near future. So for this and more, I owe a great debt of gratitude to George. Blow did not live up to financial expectations. At an outlay of $53 million, it raised just a little more within the US and another $30 million worldwide. The rating was also disappointing. At 55% at Rotten Tomatoes, based on 141 reviews, and Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on 34 critics. But Johnny didn't give up. Later, fate gave him a role that became a cult. The image which became the culmination of his career and in which he was able to embody all his artistry and extraordinariness. Yes, this was the role of Captain Jack Sparrow. Initially, it wasn't important at all in Pirates of the Caribbean, and Jack Sparrow was supposed to be completely different. And if everything went according to the original idea, we might not even enjoy a drunken, cheerful, and slightly vulgar pirate at all. But Johnny suggested very non-standard corrections to the image. What were they? Who did Johnny copy Jack Sparrow's mannerisms from? And what antics did Depp do on set? 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