What freakish role hasn’t Johnny Depp played on-screen? We have no idea and instead just think he is one in general.
Depp in full-blown makeup and hair extensions (how typical) will be seen on-screen as Tonto in The Lone Ranger. According to producers, Depp saved the production of the film in order to play the role of his dreams.
The movie is a much more “authentic” and “ostentatious” version of the legendary television show from 1949. It doesn’t seem surprising to hear that considering the project had a skyrocketing budget and CGI is more than likely involved.
If this role is anything like his past ones, Depp will be sure to please audiences and fans alike. Sure, the guy is a freak of nature, but he knows how to work the camera and play a role like no one else. Creep is just Depp’s thing.
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Well he does love to do comedies! Honestly, who has taken him seriously lately?
You think comedy isn’t serious? I guess that is why it’s so under-valued as an art form.There are so many things in the world that can make you sad, or mad, or just bring you down. Thank you to those who remind us how good it feels to see the humor all around us and surprise us into the uncontrolable laugh!
Wow, do you even WATCH his movies? Besides Pirates, an obvious family/action film (which he was still great in, btw)? BRILLIANT.
Truly a shame they werent able to find in the “authenticity”, a Native American to perform the role.
They did find one. Depp has American Indian blood. True, he is mixed race, as are many other AIs. Me included.
He IS Native American.
dude i’m with you .jonny deep does have native american in him,but then again WHO DOESN’T!!!??? he has black in him too.so i suppose he should play a black next,right? american movies have always had native americans played by white people.same thing with megan fox.she wants the role to play as a native american in a movie that might happen,called gen13.her reason on why she should get it? i have native american in me.lol,that’s a laugh.i mean really,my granddad is cherokee but my grandma is black.so…should i be able to play the part of a NA.there are a thousand NA actors and actress trying to make it in hollywood,why can’t they get a break?? i’m not hating on depp because he’s a great actor and i think he’s hot.but if your going to make a movie with NA’s in,then shouldn’t they BE native americans??
I don’t have a drop in me that I know of, and my family’s been here for generations. If I have any AI blood, it’s been so diluted that it’s undetectable.
yepper – so do I, most all of us that go back 150+ years have both Native American and Black in us, we do, great grandmother was full blooded Blackfoot – but I would not be the correct candidate for this part no matter how well I acted … Depp is an incredible actor, can’t say a bad thing about him and won’t he just does not authenticate this roll and that is essential in this classic – big mistake hollywood
If a dude wants to pay for a movie so he can play a Native American role that he has dreamed of all his life, why hate? Its his movie. The better question is why Native Americans are not being given roles that are traditionally anglo.
LR: “Tonto! We are surrounded by hostile Indians!”
T : “What do you mean ‘we’, white man?”
I’m waiting for a remake of “Cisco Kid”!
where were you?It was done a while back. Richard”Cheech” Marin as Poncho and Jimmy Smits as The Cisco Kid!
Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels are rolling over in thier graves. Johnny Depp went from a pirate with a parrot on his shoulder to a bird on his head. The Lone Ranger must have cashed in his silver bullets for a 3 piece suit. Very Authentic!
Lol, he never had a parrot on his shoulder at any point in the trilogy. Barbosa is the one who had an animal and that was a monkey. Though indeed one of jack’s crew members did have a parrot, but Jack himself never had one. XD
I have the original episode of the Lone Ranger here on DVD…in the beginning of the series he owned a silver mine, which is where the bullets came from. So, he could afford the new suit. Also, Tonto saved his life after he was shot and left for dead in the desert. That is why they became such inseparable friends. My son is 9 and he LOVES watching the old b&w Lone Ranger’s. GOOD STUFF!
Well he does love to do comedies! Honestly, who has taken him seriously lately?
He IS Native American.
The movie is a much more “authentic” and “ostentatious” version of the legendary television show from 1949.
And Tonto looks totally badass, as he should.
PotC was fresh and a delightful surprise. This has become like the cute infant who’s caught on to how cute everyone thinks they are and now self-consciously prances at family gatherings. You know how much you like those kids…
I do still think Depp is the coolest guy on the planet, though…
He is a CREEP, but at least he is a BALTIMORE RAVENS fan !!!
You know, I don’t know if Creep is the only thing about him. If Creep is the only thing to say about the types of roles he plays then your missing out on the whole breadth of depth he puts into these characters. Even the characters that are closest to the term Creep are loveable Characters (Edward Scissor Hands comes to mind when I think of this.) I mean, look at all his roles, Captain Jack Sparrow, Sweeny Todd, The Mad Hatter, all have this odd, loveable class to them. Like someone earlier said, he’s been getting into comedies lately. Even his new one coming out his character just seems like a the classy, odd type of character you just can’t help be invested in. So In short, I’m saying to say Creep is just his thing isn’t really saying much to the level of depth in the ways he portrays his characters.
Agreed. Willem Defoe and Christopher Walken would be richer than Croesus if Creep was all it took.
Depp is one of a kind. The best actor of his generation. Can’t wait to see him as Barnabas Collins in “Dark Shadows”.
Mr. Depp is an unbelievable character actor. He molds himself into the roles he choses. My only concern with him playing Tonto in the Lone Ranger movie is the reaction from Native Tribes in America.
Why not chose a Native American for this role? Mr. Depp could have bankrolled the whole movie if he wanted to have a part in it.
The Mad Hatter, all have this odd, loveable class to them. Like someone
earlier said, he’s been getting into comedies lately. Even his new one
coming out his character just seems like a the classy, odd type of
character you just can’t help be invested in.
Love Depp, takes risks and seems to love his job but not take it all to seriously
Reminds me of pirates
What freakish role hasn’t Johnny Depp played on-screen? We have no idea and instead just think he is one in general
Sorry, not what “we” just think. Sounds like you need to loosen up. I hope he plays a million more roles, and continues to shine like the star he is. You like to call geniuses freaks? Okay. Well, just go back to your stuck way of thinking then. The rest of “us” will be out seeing acting in it’s finest form, and appreciating it. Could you do it? Of course not. We will be happy to have you go see something more “worthy” of you LOL
I like Johnny Depp, in many of his roles, but, doubt this movie will do very well. It looks nothing like the original Lone Ranger. But, then again, most people haven’t actually seen the original, and they probably don’t care.
Not impressed.
I cannot believe how this reporter is harping on CREEP when he is one of the most worthwhile actors of our time. The man is brilliant and deep, enthralling and unable to take your eyes from. He really gets IN to characters he takes on, he is hardly shallow. He takes on true characters, and that is wonderful entertainment. He does every genre and excels at it. So let up on the whole “OMG he is so CREEEEPY” already…you sound like a freaked out soccer mom.
I somehow doubt that this film is authentic? I don’t even know what that means in this context.
I somehow doubt that this film is authentic? I don’t even know what that means in this context.
Mr Depp is good.Playing tonto(dummy in spanish)he will do the chracther justice.Some times playing the dummy is the smart one.
this is a very selfish and stupid denigration of a childhood classic – they should have hired a real American Native (Indian) and let that person authenticate the dress and style of the era … I will not be going to this one hollywood – you are sick!
At least he has the facial structure to play a Native American.
MMM very impresssed with the comments, sane and reasonably on target. Cisco Kid, yes that would be interesting. Oh, I remember the original Lone Ranger and the series, Tonto deserved more. Don Qixote would be interesting. Perhaps the three musketeers now that could be interesting, especially the dialogue. There are a number of characters from the 1700 to 1800′s that he could play where he could incorporate is fantastic syle.
Yeah, real cute. He is a great actor and always interesting, but if he actually, in reality, accepts the role of “Hoss” in a remake of Bonanza, he will have officially jumped the matriprobing shark. Enough is enough.
The infinite depths of Johnny Depp
He hasn’t played a child rapist yet, but maybe the Roman Polanski role will free up soon.
I love your mind and think your exellent
Johnny Depp is part Native. He’s a quarter Cherokee. You can tell with those dark eyes and cheekbones.
any of you in the “they should have picked a real AI” crowd have a copy of the script?
no?
any of you know the director, or know what his vision was for Tonto?
no?
ok, so maybe they just picked Depp b/c he was the best actor for the role…
Mr Depp will be upping it right up and over the shark if he thinks he can play Hoss in the remake of Bonanza.
I wouldn’t call Depp a freak of nature…we are all freaks of nature if being out-of-kilter with what society or the groupies of society think is normal. I admire the man for taking on interesting roles. His amazing ability to morph into an outlandish character makes me laugh. Depp movies aren’t all “feel good” things but the ones I have seen have me coming away with a positive perspective on life. Being able to laugh at the absurdities of life is what makes living enjoyable instead of an endurance test.
Thank you Mr. Depp. Thank you to all the writers, producers, directors and actors involved in the Off-Kilter movies.
I just love him! The dude is amazing! He does the weirdest roles with such ease like it was always him and we just never noticed! He is good! Period!
LET ME BE WHAT WANTS I’M GLAD THEY MADE A MOVIE WITH INDIANS I WOULD LOVE TO BE IN IT!!
Lest we forget…it is make believe.
Who is Johnny Depp?
of the stories i heard of the lone ranger for are elders from that time the face painting is kindy scary though!!
i wonder what it has been like living with this man for the last o-so-many years. and i don’t mean dreamy, swoony heart-throb stuff. i mean, god love this very talented man, but i suspect that he’s a hard row to hoe
I disagree. Depp would have been far more powerful in the role of the Lone Ranger himself, bringing life to the darker side of a masked hero. His charisma and acting style would have brought reverence to the western superhero as much as fans craved the Batman saga films. I would have preferred to see him paired in that role with Daniel Day Lewis as Tonto, another fine actor capable of transforming characters into larger than life figures.
The present casting appears to be aimed at putting a cynical sort of humor into the masked-man escapades and this will be a huge mistake to movie audiences, making the film plunder instead of a must-see film. That approach worked well in Pirates of the Caribbean because it was always earmarked within the Disney fantasy storybooks. Not so with the Lone Ranger and to litter it with the same type of hero luck will do nothing more than drive nails in its coffin. We’re looking for true heroes to admire these days and not the fumbling ner-do-well that just happens to come out on top all the time.
Hide and watch as this film joins the other film disasters of the year.
Didn’t anyone learn anything from the Dark Shadows remark, which was a resounding flop because the fans did not want to see Barnabas Collins being ridiculed by Johnny Depp.
Love Johnny Depp. His acting always shows the depth of his talents. Great actor and person I believe.
Absolutely NOT the best actor in his generation. Without even thinking to hard, Daniel Day-Lewis comes to mind as head and shoulders above Depp. Just because Depp can throw on a costume and act like a cartoon doesn’t mean he’s an incredible actor. Look at roles in which he plays a normal human… blow, donnie brasco…. he is certainly above average, but compare that to Day-Lewis in there will be blood, or even Dicaprio in Blood Diamond. They are on an entirely different level.
Donald Trump wears a dead squirrel on his head, so I think people will have no problem with Depp’s dead bird hat.
I agree on Lewis, but not Dicaprio. Dicaprio needs the roles to fit him or he isn’t at his best. Depp can handle a wide range of roles. Lewis is not even fair to compare to mortal beings after his job in ‘There Will be Blood’.
Personally, I don’t care who plays Tonto so long as Hollyweird doesn’t pander to the GLB crowd and make the Lone Ranger queer.
Well, I absolutely love Johnny Depp, but it dropped a slight notch when I read from several sources about his poor personal hygiene. Not that I’ll ever get that close to him, but can’t imagine him being stinky. Leonardo Dicaprio is reputed to be smelly too. What? Can’t they buy a bar of soap? Gross.
By the same logic, let’s determine what nationality the Lone Ranger was…then check out Armie Hammer to be certain that he’s “authentic” as well.
It’s a movie who cares who plays what character it’s make believe gee.
Who says the real Tonto was a native aboriginal?
I don’t think he looks a lot different than Capt. Jack. And I don’t think authenticity was even considered. I doubt anyone wants to make an authentic movie…
Bull!
Bull again!
I care….at least the original stood for something. What will this trash stand for???
He doesn’t even know if he’s “Cherokee or Cree.” And his stereotypical portrayal of the silent, untouchable, “wacky” and deeply spiritual Native American is offensive as hell. The least they could have done was go with Adam Beach or something. Nope. Gotta give it to the white guy who claims he’s got an “Indian princess” in his ethnic background that he’s not bothered to look into or claim. I’m not even going to be surprised if he gives a halting rendition of the “two wolves” story white people love so damn much.
Two guys… out in the wilderness… all alone… all the time… never leave each other’s side… seems REALLY gay to me.
Yeah. A white guy is what he had in mind for a NI character. Quelle surprise.
He was supposed to be Potawatomi. His famous “kemosabe” is a Potawatomi word.
Johnny Depp is a very versatile actor and I love most of his work (except Sweeny Todd). Does anyone know what”kemosabe” actually means. I always hoped it meant: do it yourself, Mr. Lone Ranger”.
After seeing that movie, he is as wacky as ever, but the movie was ok. Alice Cooper in it, need we say more?????
I’d suggest you rent a copy of The Libertine then.
Doesn’t take much to dilute it. I have it on both sides, one we have fully documented (and THAT’s also the side with the most redheads, go figure) the other… well, most Mayflower descendants have some. We have only small pieces of documentation though. The ‘christian name’ + of america (and not some town/village in England) is a major give away for ‘christianized NA’
Northern European seems (at least in my experience, and those of my acquaintance) seems to quickly overcome NA coloring, but not bone structure. THAT pops up repeatedly. My middle brother has it, and black hair, but with extremely pale skin and grey/blue eyes.
My great grandfather was full blooded Blackfoot too. Yet I’m a redhead. (successive generations married german, then irish)
I went to college with a man who was 1/8th Delaware (Leni Lenape). He was there on a scholarship, and he was another redhead, with hazel eyes.
In my opinion, if there was a real team like this, it is really doubrful that an Indian companion/partner would ride around with what looks like war paint on. The idea would be to ‘blend in’, not attract violent attention. Believe it or not, the original series as made makes the most sense for the circumstances.