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Playing gangster John Dillinger fulfilled a boyhood dream for Johnny Depp, as Rob Driscoll discovers HE'S played a plethora of memorable and flamboyant characters - from Captain Jack Sparrow and Willy Wonka to Edward Scissorhands and Sweeney Todd - yet for Johnny Depp, it's probably his latest role, as real-life 1930s gangster John Dillinger, that ...

The star of a hit US TV series has criticised the trend for Hollywood actors to be cast as British heroes.

Man, you should have seen that party. Tuesday evening at the downtown Hilton, revelers celebrating the premiere of Public Enemies wore 1930s clothes and laughed and clinked cocktail glasses.

Actor Johnny Depp has fond memories of his first machine gun. He was a kid growing up in Owensboro, Ky., and around age 5 or 6, began shooting .22s, then moved to .38s, .44s and .45s. Then he got his hands on a relative's Thompson submachine gun.

This future Tim Burton film is about the adventures of a young girl, Alice, who falls into a magical world full of strange characters and darkness lurking behind every corner.

I'm charming. Isn't that enough? MovieWeb photo Never mind crime, I'm declaring the nation's first war on hand-held cameras.

Here's what reviewers are saying about "Public Enemies": "Anyone doubting the role charisma plays in the movies need look no further than 'Public Enemies,' an old-fashioned gangster picture built on simple star power." - Roger Moore , Orlando Sentinel "Is there any role Johnny Depp cannot make his own? Depp blends derring-do, cocky self-confidence, ...

Johnny Depp stars as John Dillinger in "Public Enemies." Actor Johnny Depp has fond memories of his first machine gun.

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Michael Mann saw the Biograph Theater at 2433 N. Lincoln for the first time while riding past it on a streetcar when he was 8 or 9. His mother, Esther, told him, "That's the old Biograph Theater where they killed Dillinger." She took a bow from the audience at the Chicago premiere of his movie "Public Enemies," which ends with a corpse on the ...

''Public Enemies" is a good movie about one of the truly great American subjects.

He once seemed destined for nothing better or worse than simple teen idolhood, but since escaping from 21 Jump Street in 1990, Johnny Depp has proven himself to be a brave chooser of scripts, building an impressive filmography that encompasses everything from black-and-white arthouse fare to blockbuster Disney trilogies .

Johnny Depp has denied he mimicked Michael Jackson when playing Willy Wonka, but said he did find the singer inspirational.

It's tough to watch Johnny Depp these days when he's not wearing eyeliner, a do-rag and a monkey on his shoulder. After gooping up 'Finding Neverland,' glowering vacantly through 'Sweeney Todd' and annihilating every sprinkle of dignity in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,' how can he be trusted with another larger-than-life character defined by a complicated past?

Depp dials down his weirdness to play gangster John Dillinger and, ironically, this choice sinks the movie. 'Public Enemies,' despite packing thunderous rounds of ammunition, is a touch too remote. There are no big speeches, no drawn-out death scenes, no gauzy flashbacks. It's a straight-faced, no-nonsense, shoot-'em-up, jailbreak, cat-and-mouse kind of movie.

Nobody," John Waters once said, "is sick of Johnny Depp." It's as true today as it was when Waters directed Depp in 1990's "Cry Baby," the film that diminished his hated TV teen-idol status with the help of Iggy Pop and Ricki Lake.

After playing gangster John Dillinger in Public Enemies, opening Wednesday, Johnny Depp is planning for:Alice in Wonderland : Hes the Mad Hatter in Tim Burtons latest weirdness.

The real-life story of the final days of John Dillinger may have been scripted by God for Michael Mann to direct.

Submitted by Teneshia LaFaye on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 23:49. Johnny Depp has made a career of portraying eccentric characters in Pirates of the Caribbean, Sweeney Todd and Sleepy Hollow .

Johnny Depp pays tribute to Michael Jackson but says the eccentric singer was not the inspiration for Willy Wonka By Casey Chance F IRST P OSTED J UNE 30, 2009 J ohnny Depp and Marion Cotillard brought a touch of 1930s gangster glamour to London's Leicester Square last night at the European premiere of Michael Mann's Public Enemies .

HOLLYWOOD stars Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet are among a host of big names to have acted in a Brentford period home, which turned film set once again last week.