Johnny Depp is once again collaborating with Tim Burton to play vampire Barnabas Collins in the upcoming Dark Shadows. Depp covers the latest cover of Entertainment Weekly all geared up for the flick and gives us a taste of his new looks.
The 48-year old actor had a lot to say about director Burton and the movie. Here is a taste:
On director Tim Burton:
“I feel as though he’s my brother. It’s a weird understanding, this kind of shorthand we have. I truly understand him, I think, just as well as anybody can. He certainly knows me as well as anybody can.”
On meeting Jonathan Frid, the actor who originated the role of Barnabas:
“When I finally met him on the set, he was incredibly sweet about my taking on this character that he essentially created. He was quite fragile toward the end but had his faculties about him. He was blown away by the sets. And putting his eyeballs on me for the first time, all decked out as a slightly different version of him … it had to be pretty weird for him.”
On Jonathan’s death (he died April 14 at 87):
“There’s something very weird and tragic about the fact that he died just before the film was released. If he had stuck it out – if that fate had been dealt to him – he would have really enjoyed the film and enjoyed the attention
burtons odious wife soils all his movies…
sad.