Easy to typecast, when is the last time Johny Depp portrayed a reality character? Willy Wonka, Edward Sissor Hands, Jack Sparrow, Raoul Duke, The Madd Hatter, Sweeny Todd, Ichabod Crane. Easy to typecast. He is talented though.
Donny Brasco, Nick of Time, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Finding Neverland... Not easy to typecast.
Donny Brasco, Ed Wood, and by August, John Dillinger.
I’m sure Depp has scared his old children half to death if they ever got to see him in costume for any of those movies.
This summer he's John Dillinger in "Public Enemies."
But Johnny Depp's fantasy roles are all more "real" than that CIA agent he played in Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Or maybe that was a fantasy role ...
He's playing John Dillinger in "Public Enemies," coming up soon, and he played that real-life drug dealer in "Blow."
He's an amazing actor.
Depp played George Jung in “Blow.” Jung established the cocaine market in the U.S.
The Libertine, Secret Window (creepy but good), From Hell, Chocolat, the Ninth Gate, The Astronaut’s Wife.
Benny and Joon was on the edge, but he was a “normal” character.
We own a lot of Depp movies, because my daughter likes him. And yes, I watched all the “21 Jump Street” shows when they were on (my daughter watched a couple of seasons on the internet but lost interest in the shows after Depp left).
He’s a lefty, but he is an excellent actor, and has done a lot of different roles. He does tend to gravitate toward the quirky though more often than not.