It was only a matter of time before I blogged here about Johnny Depp. For slave2celeb's sake (he just gets nauseous) I intentionally didn't say ONE WORD about J.D. being asked to do condom ads. That was hard to do. Believe me.
But now Johnny's purportedly a hero, so I hope my baby will forgive me for spilling my adoration all over this blog. According to News of the World (which is why I say "purportedly"), Depp saved the lives of six extras on the set of his new movie Public Enemies. Says contactmusic.com:
Depp, 44, was shooting a scene as bank robber John Dillinger when a stuntdriver in a 1933 Ford car sped onto a patch of ice and skidded towards six extras, who were standing with their backs turned, oblivious to the danger.
But never fear, Depp is here! According to an eyewitnesss:
"Johnny slammed into the group with arms outspread, shoving them all back."
What a guy!
Now facts are fine and all, but I'm kind of partial to Showbiz News' version of the story:
...as he approached the group of six, his wingspan increased from its usual six feet to about 8 or 9. In the background, theme music from the Six Million Dollar Man began playing. Amazingly everything turned to slow motion, and Johnny flew through the air, placing his arms around the entire group, while at the same time, lighting a cigarette and bursting into a song from Sweeney Todd.
Immediately after he saved the group of six, Johnny’s co-stars Christian Bale and Billy Crudup broke down in tears and claimed they were not men enough to do what Johnny had done.
Johnny checked on the group and then called his long time love Vanessa Paradis because he calls her every hour on the hour and because of the adventure had missed their call by 30 seconds. He also checked on their child, and told Vanessa that he would be late getting home because he was going to give blood and then go stand on a street corner until he sold 100 of her albums.
Well? It could have gone down that way! Right? Ladies, I know you're with me on this one. Men? Stop snickering, I can hear you through the monitor, you know!
I posted the picture above because I had never seen it before, and since Johnny's not a media hound you don't get that many new photos of him. However, there's a picture of him on his movie set looking rather dapper as John Dillinger here. Now excuse me while I go fan myself...
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Way to go Johnny Depp!
Great story,
I read it here first,
great research, writing
and photo choice.
Keep up the good work!
Posted by: Rash Manly | April 07, 2008 at 11:02 PM