Johnny Depp's best films

Johnny Depp - a terrific personality, a talented actor and film director, a fine screenwriter and musician. He is a nominee of many awards and deserved honours. The film star's name is inscribed in Guinness Book of World Records as the highest-paid actor. And Depp totally deserves it. Let's take a look at the films that have made Johnny become renowned all over the world.

1. Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Extraordinary and unusual film on the edge of science fiction. It is based on the creation and development of a real and living human being named Edward by a scientist. However, the researcher failed to think this idea through to the end, and that is why Edward has scissors instead of hands. This misunderstanding made the created man unhappy.

The young man was forced to live all alone in an abandoned and dilapidated building, which cannot even be called a home. However, a kind woman soon finds him and pulls him into a "normal life". Edward begins to learn a new life, unknown to him before, and gets acquainted with the woman's family and her beautiful daughter.

It is known that this project is the first joint work of Johnny Depp and Tim Burton. Interesting fact that in order to turn Johnny into Edward make-up artists and costumers needed about two hours. The actor also took a very responsible approach to the role: before filming, he studied silent films with the Charlie ChaplinIn addition, Depp had to lose a couple of kilos in order to learn how to convey his character's feelings and state of mind through facial emotions. Depp also had to lose a couple of kilos.

2. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

After being screened in 2003, this film almost immediately became famous all over the world and gained a lot of popularity. incredible success. The film "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl." received nominations for five Oscars. It was this series that was the first film about pirates, which immediately became super-popular. Subsequent series of this film also managed to win the love of not only film critics, but also the public of all ages.

After the end of filming Johnny Depp almost fell into a prolonged depression, because he was very fond of the role he played captain Jack Sparrow. The actor became so close to his character that he "transferred some of his character traits" into real life.

Later it became known that Johnny Depp changed the script on his own. Although his ideas were sometimes not appreciated by the producers, Depp, who was used to having his own opinion on everything, insisted on his own. That's how some of the scenes that wasn't in the story.

3. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

This film is one of the most bizarre, along with the "Alice in Wonderland."in Johnny Depp's filmography. From the very first seconds of the film, it's clear that the film has Wonkythe owner of the chocolate factory, is a very complicated character. You could say that even strange. The plot is based on the fact that Willy Wonka decided to organise a competition to find a new director of his brainchild. True, the condition for obtaining the position is quite strange - you must refuse to have any relations with his relatives.

To work on his character, the actor studied all sorts of sources: films, books, went over in his head old acquaintances and people who had the same strange habits. Depp thought of everything: starting from the hairstyle of the chocolate maker and ending with his character. In addition, Johnny's wish came true - the film star managed to realise that hero with exactly the traits he imagined.

4. Ed Wood (1994).

A dramatic film based on the biography the worst director of Hollywood-- Ed Wood. Johnny Depp agreed to play the lead role ten minutes after reading the script.

The plot of the film is very simple. Ed Wood, thanks to his ability to talk and talk, finds people willing to help him make a film. The first begins to take an active and unsolicited part in the filming, giving unnecessary hints. The project undergoes a collapse. However, the first failure does not stop Wood, and he again finds money for another, more "improved project", but the same fate awaits him. The idea of the film lies in a man's misunderstanding of his own unprofessionalism and mediocrity.

5. Dark Shadows (2012)

The film is very interesting for those who adore the genre of horror and comedy. Johnny Depp got the role of a vampire Barnabas Collinsturned into by his former witch lover and buried alive for two hundred years.

After Barnabas was pulled from the cold ground in 1972, he was returns into his weird family, who have managed break up the family business. Barnabas Collins discovers that the former lover, who turned his life into a nightmare, has built her firm nearby, thus attracting all eyes of people to himself. The witch, who can live forever, constantly changed her appearance, so as not to attract attention and not to cause unnecessary questions. And now, after two centuries, she wants to to get revenge on Barnabas for his broken heart. Will the vampire be able to defend himself and give back to his kind all that should rightfully belong to him? Will he kill the witch?

In order to play it perfectly. the role of a sophisticated vampireJohnny Depp had to go on a diet before filming. The actor reduced the number of calories consumed, stopped eating flour and sweets, started drinking green tea, eating lots of fruit and vegetables. The film star managed to reduce his weight to 63 kilograms.

Johnny Depp was a big fan of the old film during his childhood and teenage years "Gloomy Shadows."released in 1967. And it was Depp who suggested to director Tim Burton the idea of making a similar film with a similar plot.