First picture of Depp as Sweeney

[victorvondoom]

Found it on the IMDB boards. Doesn't look bad at all. I like the white in the hair....and the razor holster is a neat addition.

What do you guys think?

[Quique]

It's Edward Scissorhands!!! XD

[CWFjeff]

It's Jack Sparrow...oh wait, it's every character Depp has ever played.

I hope this is good, but I'm not holding my breath.

[Drop Dead Red]

^Except for Ed Wood or what's-his-face from Big Fish, yeah.

That's annoying. Ah well.

[CWFjeff]

I'm not a fan of Johnny Depp and have not been for quite some time. He consistently plays the same friggin character---weird. Sweeney is not weird...Sweeney is fucking pissed.

[&E]

I think the cars will add a lot to the story. No. Actually, I think he looks good.

[laurel]

cwfjeff said:

I'm not a fan of Johnny Depp and have not been for quite some time. He consistently plays the same friggin character---weird. Sweeney is not weird...Sweeney is fucking pissed.

Agreed.

Pretty hot Sweeney, though. Yow.

[wow u suck]

this is also the exact same character he played in sleepy hollow

[Mizzie]

It's Cruella De Sweeney Scissorhands!

Bah...I like it all (especially the razor holster), but the hair needs to be changed. It's too...and this'll sound really ironic...theatrical. The white is almost too bright for screen. I don't like it. Hopefully the lighting will soften the entire look, really.

[broadwaychild]

how awkward.

[fontinau]

You know what's amusing to me?

Johnny Depp's doing pretty much the same mix of "weird" and straight parts now (Pirates of the Caribbean, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride vs. Blow, From Hell, Secret Window, Finding Neverland) as he did in the 90s (Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Sleepy Hollow vs. Benny & Joon, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Dead Man, Donnie Brasco).

But somehow, I never heard anybody whining about his acting or his choice in roles until Pirates of the Caribbean elevated him from Well-Known-But-Not-Exactly-Mainstream Fanboy Cause Celebre to Big Famous Popular-With-Teenage-Girls Hollywood Star.


And by "amusing", I mean "I'd use the eye roll emoticon, but it's just not up to the occasion".

victorvondoom said:

What do you guys think?

I think it looks great.



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[Mary Lane]

laurel said:

cwfjeff said:

I'm not a fan of Johnny Depp and have not been for quite some time. He consistently plays the same friggin character---weird. Sweeney is not weird...Sweeney is fucking pissed.

Agreed.

Pretty hot Sweeney, though. Yow.

I have a terrible feeling because of that, we're going to get a bunch of Sweeney fangirls. Because we all know how, no matter what part he plays, Johnny Depp is able to reel in the millions of tweens who don't really give a damn about the character only the fact he looks 'OMG HAWT!!111!!'

Hopefully, not.

I do think the man is attractive, though. I'm looking forward to seeing what he brings to the role of Mr. Todd.

[Chevstriss]

funny that tweens are into a man in his mid 40s. I remember being disappointed and horrified at age 11 when i found out my celeb crush was 35. (It was Richard Chamberlain in Hamlet).


I didn't find out he was gay til a few decades later. Not sure what that woulda made me feel.

[girlonthewing]

I have to say he looks pretty groovy...I don't really care about the roles he chooses. Yes, he does have a penchant for the stranger ones, but he also has enough range that he can pull off roles like Barrie in "Finding Neverland" and such.

[tink]

fontinau said:

You know what's amusing to me?
But somehow, I never heard anybody whining about his acting or his choice in roles until Pirates of the Caribbean elevated him from Well-Known-But-Not-Exactly-Mainstream Fanboy Cause Celebre to Big Famous Popular-With-Teenage-Girls Hollywood Star.

Well said. I exalt you.