Name: The Dramatic Story Of Johnny Depp | Biography Part 2 (Life, scandals, career)
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ohnny Depp became one of the major  Hollywood stars in the 2000s.  

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It was then that his most famous characters  appeared, who are now adored and quoted by the  

audience. But it isn't that simple as it seems at  first glance. After all, from that moment Johnny's  

life entered a period, which led him to a loss  of success and problems in his personal life.  

Who is he: an altruist or a  despot, a romantic or a womanizer?  

What role did ruin his career? Which actor's film was accused  

of excessive cruelty and lack of ethics? And what unusual object did Marilyn Manson  

give him as a sign of his friendship? Today on the Biographer channel  

we continue to talk about the actor's career  ups and downs. Let's figure out what role played  

his addictions and his women in his life. But first, click on the subscription button  

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Subscribe, sit back, and we start. Captain Jack Sparrow  

By the early 2000s, Johnny had  appeared in more than 30 films.  

At the same time, it was not so much  the commercial success of the movie  

as personal interest in the idea and  plot was important for the actor.  

That also explained the choice of several  rather non-standard images for roles.  

And, basically, it referred  to independent projects,  

which caused the indignation of major  studios and even the agents of the actor:  

many people wanted to work with Johnny, but  Johnny did not want to work with everybody.   

"I'm sure it would have made their job a whole  lot easier had I done some of the things that  

were proposed to me over the years” But soon the situation changed. It was  

all because of the legendary image of Jack  Sparrow in the project from the Disney studio,  

which our character was invited to act in.  Although, he still had to compete to get the role:  

Christopher Walken and Michael  Keaton were among the contenders.  

They didn't have high expectations for the  film. That was due to the fact that the idea  

was borrowed from the theme attraction of the same  name, which was located in Disneyland. It didn't  

have great potential, you know. In addition,  pirate-themed films had lack of success.  

"Cutthroat Island", released in  1995, failed at the box office.  

It was Johnny who turned the film into a cult  one, transforming the once minor role of Jack  

into a central one. After reviewing the  character, he made significant revisions  

that the studio initially did not like. And he  did it until the image of Jack satisfied him.  

If before Jack Sparrow looked like an "ordinary  pirate": with a bandana on his head and an  

earring, then in the end Johnny turned out to be a  kind of rock star. The actor said that it was due  

to the fact that he identifies pirates with rock  stars of the 20th century. They were united by a  

sense of adventure and freedom. Who inspired the actor?  

He “borrowed" a considerable part of the  habits and elements of the image from  

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards,  as well as from one cartoon character.  

Moreover, he came up with the story of each bead  and dreadlocks, which complemented the character:  

they were a symbol of the pirate's  vivid and important memories.  

As a result, everyone's favorite Captain  turned out to be eccentric and cunning.  

The screenwriters, according to the actor,  were shocked by the image of Captain.  

"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.'"  

His guess wasn't not so far from the  truth. The Disney bosses asked:  

"Upper-echelon Disney-ites were going,  'What's wrong with him? Is he, you know,  

like some kind of weird simpleton? Is  he drunk? By the way, is he gay?'  

Johnny gave a brilliant answer: he said  that all his characters were gay, didn't  

they know about it? That puzzled them so much. Dissatisfaction with the image on the part of the  

Disney management resulted in several discussions  between the parties. The studio tried to influence  

Johnny and force him to change the image of the  character to the original one. But the actor  

argued that the pressure would cause his departure  from the film. Moreover, he defiantly made part of  

the teeth gold after visiting the dentist. “I told them, 'Look, you don't like what I'm  

doing, fire me. You hired me to do a job and  play the character and this is what I want  

to do.' This is the work. I mean, hadn't they  seen any of the work I'd done previously? You  

might want to take a look at that before  you hire a motherfucker, you know?”  

Disney gave up. They couldn't  afford to lose such an actor.  

By the way, during the filming,  Johnny wore special contact lenses  

that protected his eyes from the sun,  and also really controlled the ship.  

There were a lot of improvisations. In addition  to ad-libbing the popular “savvy,” Johnny Depp  

also improvised the line “bring me that horizon,”  which he uttered towards the end of the film.  

In 2003 the release of the first part of the  future franchise - "Pirates of the Caribbean: The  

Curse of the Black Pearl" was such a success that  there were no arguments about the image any more.  

Captain Jack Sparrow cost the studio $ 10 million,  another $ 40 million was spent on advertising.  

But the costs were fully recouped, according to  the total box office receipts of $ 564 million.  

The film was 22-nd of the most profitable  movies in the history of the United States.  

All the children were playing Jack Sparrow, the  theme music from the film, written by Hans Zimmer,  

became the most popular ringtone. Write  in the comments, did you use a melody from  

"Pirates" for the ringtone? The phrases of the main  

pirate became famous quotes. In 2004, the film received five  

Oscar nominations, including for "Best Actor" and  a Golden Globe Award nomination for “Best Actor”.  

You probably already guessed that Johnny  Depp was nominated for both of them.   

The actor's interpretation of the Disney pirate  received positive critics' reviews. Later, in an  

interview Johnny admitted that he did not expect  such a great fame that came after the "Pirates".  

“I was freaked out by it. I mean, at  the beginning I genuinely didn't give  

a fuck about acting. But I began to enjoy it.  I enjoyed creating those characters up there,  

being in the trenches and sparring with  collaborators, actors, directors…”   

On the other hand, the great polarity of  the hero among children and youth gave  

Johnny the opportunity to use it for good.  The star often came to children's clinics to  

sick kids, delighting and supporting  them in their difficult situation.  

Initially the Disney management had self-interest  and, to some extent, excitement, but after the  

success of the Black Pearl, they immediately  wanted more. The popularity of the film led  

Disney to a very dubious idea: to release two  parts of the sequel at once. At the same time,  

there was neither a plot nor a script. In 2006, the second part of the franchise,  

"Dead Man's Chest", was released. It had more  than a billion dollars at the box office.  

And a year later, the third and final  part "At World's End" was released.  

Anyway, that was originally planned. In the interview, the director of the first three  

movies, Gore Verbinski, said that the production  of the second and third parts was very difficult.  

Films were choosing the release dates,  but they didn't have the first frames  

shot. Therefore time was very limited  and everything was done hastily.  

“We shot the end of Pirates 3 five days into  shooting Pirates 2, because we were leaving  

that location. …And there's one scene that  had to be shot for the very end of Pirates 3  

five days into 2, not knowing what the script  of Pirates 3 was yet” - Johnny told afterwards.  

In addition, from the very beginning  they were plagued with failures.  

“We got hit by a hurricane, half the set got  wiped out. Our tank didn't work. We had to  

pull stuff back to LA. It was pure survival  mode by the time we got to the third one”.  

Verbinski had only ten weeks on the "Pirates of  the Caribbean: At World's End" post-production.  

By the way, some studios spent up to a year on  post-production, especially in serious projects.  

That also affected the quality. The third part  of the franchise was received with more restraint  

than the previous two. Viewers complained about  the slow development of the plot. Despite that,  

all the first three parts of ”Pirates" are funny  and easy to watch, the film has good visual  

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