Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) takes on zombies, mermaids... and Penelope Cruz...


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Release Date: May 20, 2011; Rated: PG-13; Length: 141 Minutes; Genre: Action/Adventure; With: Penelope Cruz and Johnny Depp; Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures

STARRING Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush, Ian McShane
DIRECTED BY Rob Marshall

Those who know the backstory of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now understand that you need to be very brave, or very foolish, to film in a jungle. And Coppola didn't have to deal with 3-D cameras. ''I couldn't decide if we were stupid or pioneers,'' says director Rob Marshall, who kicked off the production of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides in some of Hawaii's leafier locales before moving to L.A., Puerto Rico, and London. ''But there's nothing like doing it for real and not being on a stage with a green screen.'' Marshall (Chicago) replaces Gore Verbinski, who opted to leave the franchise after directing the first three films. Other fresh faces include Ian McShane, who plays the evil Blackbeard, and Penélope Cruz, who portrays Blackbeard's daughter, Angelica. There is also a new quest, for the Fountain of Youth — plus zombies and mermaids.

Of course, Johnny Depp returns as Capt. Jack Sparrow, and Keith Richards reprises his role as Jack's father. ''We needed his character back,'' says Depp of Richards. ''That was one of the things I felt very strongly about.'' What was it like to hang out with the Rolling Stones legend again? ''It was perfection!'' laughs Depp. Marshall relished the chance to work with Richards too. ''I did not expect him to be so funny,'' says the director. ''After one take I said, 'Keith, you're such a good actor.' He said, 'You should see my Hamlet!''' —Clark Collis

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Johnny Depp on Vanity Fair January 2011 Cover

Johnny Depp is on the cover page of January 2011 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. He is gracing the cover page to discuss his new film ‘The Tourist’ opposite Angelina Jolie which is set to hit theaters on December 10th, 2010.  Unlike other January 2011 fashion magazine covers featuring female celebs, sexy hunk Johnny Depp is Vanity Fair cover star.

47-year-old Pirates of the Caribbean star talks about many things in this issue to rock legend Patti Smith like about this latest flick, Angelina Jolie, Captain Jack being gay, playing the swashbuckler Jack Sparrow and lots more. Johnny Depp Vanity Fair magazine spread is shot by Annie Leibovitz.

Check out what this handosme hunk has to share:

Johnny Depp on avoiding the paparazzi while filming with Jolie:

“[Always] having to hide, sometimes not even being able to talk to each other in public because someone will take a photograph and it will be misconstrued and turned into some other sh–.”

Johnny Depp on Disney executives not liking his interpretation of Captain Sparrow:

“They couldn’t stand him. They just couldn’t stand him. I think it was Michael Eisner, the head of Disney at the time, who was quoted as saying, ‘He’s ruining the movie.’

Johnny Depp on his many eccentric roles over his career:

“They’re all still there, which on some level can’t be the healthiest thing in the world…. I always picture it as this chest of drawers in your body–Ed Wood is in one, the Hatter is in another, Scissorhands is in another…. They’re still very close to the surface.”

Johnny Depp on the music career he almost had:

“Going into acting was an odd deviation from a particular road that I was on in my late teens, early 20s, because I had no desire, no interest, really, in it at all. I was a musician and I was a guitarist, and that’s what I wanted to do.”

Johnny Depp on the appeal of his character in The Tourist:

“I was always fascinated by people who are considered completely normal, because I find them the weirdest of all.”

Johnny Depp on working with Angelina:

“Meeting her and getting to know her was a real pleasant surprise. You don’t know what she might be like—if she has any sense of humor at all. I was so pleased to find that she is incredibly normal, and has a wonderfully kind of dark, perverse sense of humor…I’ve had the honor and the pleasure and gift of having known Elizabeth Taylor for a number of years. You know, you sit down with her, she slings hash, she sits there and cusses like a sailor, and she’s hilarious. Angie’s got the same kind of thing, you know, the same approach.”

What’s your take on Johnny Depp Vanity Fair Cover.

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