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Title: Johnny Depp Rejected an Early Draft of the Upcoming ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ - And It All Had To Do With DS
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on May 20, 2017, 09:50:01 PM

Johnny Depp Rejected an Early Draft of the Upcoming ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Sequel Because it Had a Female Villain (http://www.indiewire.com/2017/05/pirates-of-the-caribbean-5-johnny-depp-rejected-script-female-villain-1201829146/)

Interesting. Check out the article...

Title: Re: Johnny Depp Rejected an Early Draft of the Upcoming ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ - And It All Had
Post by: Uncle Roger on May 20, 2017, 11:45:50 PM

I don't quite follow the logic there. Plenty of other movies have had female villains, both before and after, Dark Shadows.

Title: Re: Johnny Depp Rejected an Early Draft of the Upcoming ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ - And It All Had
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on May 21, 2017, 12:10:06 AM

I'm glad I'm not the only one. I was going to say something when I posted the topic, but then I decided to see if anyone else would bring it up, so thanks.

The thing is, people do male antagonist films all the time and most often do them back to back, so what's the difference?

Although, if you're Johnny Depp, critics are just looking for something to jump all over. And to that point, I could be misremembering but I believe the initial draft of POTC5 was worked on back when DS hadn't actually come out yet. Plus, it was originally supposed to go into production long before it did, so all these years between DS and POTC5 wouldn't have taken place. So, maybe Depp was afraid that they were going to say he was repeating himself...

Title: Re: Johnny Depp Rejected an Early Draft of the Upcoming ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ - And It All Had
Post by: Uncle Roger on May 21, 2017, 12:33:22 AM

If I were Mr. Depp, I would be a bit more concerned about doing yet another quirky, dysfunctional character in pasty white makeup than I would be about what other actors might be doing.

Title: Re: Johnny Depp Rejected an Early Draft of the Upcoming ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ - And It All Had
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on May 21, 2017, 12:53:12 AM

Well, obviously that's not a thought that ever has or probably ever will pop into Depp's head!!  [ghost_nowink]

Title: Re: Johnny Depp Rejected an Early Draft of the Upcoming ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ - And It All Had
Post by: Uncle Roger on May 21, 2017, 12:56:39 AM

Very true, though perhaps it should. [easter_wink]

Title: Re: Johnny Depp Rejected an Early Draft of the Upcoming ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ - And It All Had
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on May 21, 2017, 01:06:02 AM

Although, if one wants to play devil's advocate, for the most part Depp's quirky and dysfunctional roles are the ones that have brought him his greatest success. When he does a film like Public Enemies or Black Mass it's never as successful. Go figure...

Title: Re: Johnny Depp Rejected an Early Draft of the Upcoming ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ - And It All Had
Post by: Gerard on May 21, 2017, 05:25:54 PM

I'm one of the only three people left on Earth that has never seen any of the PotC movies. 

Gerard