30 Fun Facts From Johnny Depp Fans About His Films That You May Not Have Known
If you love Johnny Depp and all his movies, then you'll enjoy hearing these fun facts about them.
If there's one person we're hearing a lot about right now, it is Johnny Depp. Johnny Depp is a famous movie star who has given us many iconic and classic films.
He's a very talented actor and is a favorite of many people. You may know him from "The Pirates of the Caribbean" movie series or "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
No matter which movie you know him from, there are actually many hidden fun facts about these films and the roles he played in them. Knowing behind-the-scenes information about movies is exciting and helps us see into the life of the actor as they're filming.
Johnny Depp has appeared in many movies, which means we have a lot of fun facts to share about his time filming them. We've gathered 30 awesome fun facts and details about the films that Johnny Depp has starred in, from inside jokes with the makeup team to adopting animals he worked with on set.
Whether you're a Johnny Depp superfan or someone who's just seen him in one movie, you're sure to enjoy these fascinating facts. Here are 30 fun facts from Johnny Depp films.
1. Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
In this movie, Johnny Depp sang a song called "I've Got A Jar Of Dirt," and what many don't know is that he actually improvised that song and made it up on the spot. So the actors' reactions in the background are completely genuine.
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Johnny Depp actually adopted the horse that he rode in Sleepy Hollow.
thethings3. Rango
In Rango, actors performed as if they were being filmed live. Here's a peek at Johnny Depp doing this.
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4. Fantastic Beasts
Johnny Depp accepted a role in Fantastic Beasts without even looking over the script first. He said he was a fan of the series and took the role immediately.
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5. Pirates of the Caribbean series
Throughout the entire series of Pirates of the Caribbean, Jack Sparrow has a red spot on his jaw. This red spot is supposed to represent syphilis and is a joke between him and the makeup team.
It gets progressively worse as the series continues.
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6. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
In the POTC movies, Jack Sparrow's hats are made of rubber because he kept throwing them overboard and losing them. Eventually, they began making them out of rubber so they'd float instead of sink.
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7. Edward Scissorhands
Johnny Depp actually convinced Winona Ryder to star with him in Edward Scissorhands, even after she had accepted a part in The Godfather III, which she later quit to be in Edward Scissorhands.
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8. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Instead of using CGI for the squirrels, they actually trained 40 squirrels to crack nuts and drop them onto the conveyor belts.
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9. Pirates of the Caribbean
The role of Jack Sparrow was written for Johnny Depp, and the concept art was created before Johnny's input.
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10. Dark Shadows
In the film Dark Shadows, they removed every blink and reflection of Johnny in order to maintain the portrayal of a vampire.
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11. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Willy Wonka shows his teeth so much because of the trauma from his father being a dentist.
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12. Sweeney Todd
In this movie, Johnny Depp actually makes the razor duller, which causes a more painful murder.
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13. Pirates of the Caribbean
Johnny Depp improvised Jack Sparrow's "Savvy?" catchphrase.
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14. A Nightmare On Elm Street
In this film, the scene where blood rushes to the ceiling was actually filmed using an upside-down set. It was filmed with the director strapped to the wall in race car seats to get the shot.
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15. Alice In Wonderland
The Mad Hatter is mad because the hat factory worked with mercury, which is known to cause many side effects such as chronic intoxication and behavioral alterations.
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16. Donnie Brasco
Johnny Depp took shooting lessons from the FBI to prepare for this film.
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17. What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Johnny Depp admitted that he was a bully to Leonardo DiCaprio on this set, but he says he doesn't know why; he was just going through a hard time.
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18. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Jack Sparrow had his mother's shrunken head tied to his belt. This can be seen multiple times throughout the films.
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19. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
In this movie, the author is actually spotted for a second in a scene. He's seen in a flashback where Johnny Depp is walking in slow motion through a group of hippies.
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20. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Jack has a very distinct "X" on his face, and this was actually Johnny Depp's idea. He said that a cut is just a cut, but an "X" must have been deliberately placed there.
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21. Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
In Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, they actually de-aged Keith Richards to portray the father of Jack Sparrow.
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22. Pirates of the Caribbean
In the Pirates of the Caribbean films, they used smudges and clothing to hide Johnny's tattoos.
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23. Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
In Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl, Jack Sparrow's pistol is the only real gun in the movie.
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24. Alice In Wonderland
Johnny Depp hated all of the green screen filming required for Alice In Wonderland.
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25. Rango
In Rango, Rango slams into the window of "Hunter S. Thompson," and there's actually a connection between Thompson, Johnny Depp, and Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas.
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26. 21 Jump Street
Johnny Depp's character in 21 Jump Street is actually called DB, which is a reference to Donnie Brasco.
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27. The Lone Ranger
Johnny Depp actually fell off his horse and was dragged during the making of The Lone Ranger.
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28. Secret Window & Black Mass
In Secret Window, there is a line where he says, "Her death will be a mystery, even to me," at the end of the movie. In Black Mass, almost the same line was used in response to Whitey Bulger when he says, "It's a mystery, even to me."
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29. Mortdecai
In this film, the etching that leads Johnny Depp to the Goya painting is a real lithograph of a famous Bruges masterpiece that was edited to include the Goya.
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30. The Rum Diary
Johnny Depp met Amber Heard for the first time while filming The Rum Diary.
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After hearing all this about Johnny Depp, I think it's enlightening to learn some fun facts about the movies he's been in. It turns out Johnny has had an extensive career in filmmaking, and he has made many significant decisions regarding the films he's participated in.
Which fun fact was your favorite?
