12 dic 2013 anni - AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE Johnny Depp Tribute to Jerry Bruckheimer

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Johnny Depp had made a pre-recorded Tribute to Jerry Bruckheimer - the producer of the Pirates of the Caribbean films which was aired on US TV on this date.

Date of Johnny making the recording: unknown.

Johnny Depp, in a pre-recorded message, recalled when he first was cast in Pirates of the Caribbean and his take on the character of Captain Jack Sparrow baffled the executives at Disney. “I felt like Vesuvius was about to come down on us,” said Depp, “and all this hellfire and brimstone from the hoity toity types at Disney [wanted to fire me].”

“Jerry was right there for me and protected me and the film,” recalled Depp. “A lot of people at Disney would have liked to see me replaced, fired. They were talking about putting subtitles in for Captain Jack; and they didn’t understand what the character was or who he was, why he was, and why I was playing him that way, so they were quite upset. Jerry stood by me the whole way, as did Dick Cook from Disney and we got through.”

“On every single film he’s the great protector,” said Depp. “He’s quite a force to experience and a very creative force as well. Not your typical Hollywood mogul, as it were.”

The award was especially poignant for Bruckheimer, who earlier this year ended a long association with Disney, where he had been the go-to producer for what the industry calls “tent pole movies,” those high budget, star-driven pictures that get a wide release and gross hundreds of millions of dollars.

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