I saw a tweet earlier that said that Alice Cooper was on a program called ChatShow in England and said he is doing a cameo in DS - but the tweeter said he couldn't tell if Cooper was serious or kidding (so I didn't post it - and now I can't find it again). However, other tweets, like the following one, are coming out and confirming the story:
bwp_architects
Alice Cooper interview on Lee Mack - filming Dark Shadows with Johnny Depp; fancy bumping into him in Bourne Woods in the dark? #Farnham
6 hours ago
And apparently another comment Cooper made on the show:
FlumblesMum
Loved Alice Cooper describing Dark Shadows as Coronation Street with vampires!
6 hours ago
So, because the interview was done a few days before it was run, it's looking like Cooper really did do a cameo in the film on Friday as we suspected he might have.
Changing reels, other sites (shocktilyoudrop.com, geektyrant.com, wegotthiscovered.com, ...) are jumping on the bandwagon with the same set of photos. But at least they seem to have the good sense not to claim the photos are the "first" anything.
And it's interesting to read the comments that are being posted because the set would seem to be an overwhelming hit with people...
312 days 23 hours 49 minutes 17 seconds until the day the Depp/Burton DARK SHADOWS is released(ET)!!