Johnny Depp on his new Dark Shadows movie
Depp says his inspiration comes from the original, which had a hand in warping his young mind. "I loved it. I loved the show," he says. "This soap opera with gothic vampires. I knew, 'This is not All My Children.'"
He even intends to incorporate the show’s goofier aspects. “As naïve as the early, early episodes are, in his approach to Barnabas, Frid was such a striking presence, there’s definitely a sliver of him [in the new version.]” That’s when Depp says those immortal words: “What I’d like to do with him is maybe stretch him out a bit — in the extreme. Just ever so slightly take him a little further, beyond what may be considered … corny.”
Depp explains, laughing: “I’ve always sort of liked that. The idea that maybe you’ve got to go through bad acting to get...
Depp says his inspiration comes from the original, which had a hand in warping his young mind. "I loved it. I loved the show," he says. "This soap opera with gothic vampires. I knew, 'This is not All My Children.'"
He even intends to incorporate the show’s goofier aspects. “As naïve as the early, early episodes are, in his approach to Barnabas, Frid was such a striking presence, there’s definitely a sliver of him [in the new version.]” That’s when Depp says those immortal words: “What I’d like to do with him is maybe stretch him out a bit — in the extreme. Just ever so slightly take him a little further, beyond what may be considered … corny.”
Depp explains, laughing: “I’ve always sort of liked that. The idea that maybe you’ve got to go through bad acting to get...
- 5/7/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
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