Research Paper On Johnny Depp

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Johnny Depp is considered to be one of the greatest actors of the 21st century so far. He is considered to be so because of his ability to transform his character to the point where the audience actually thinks that is who he is in real life. This transfers to his real life as well. He is so good at acting to the point where he does not even know that he is acting. He does not know quite when to return to reality once he is done acting. Which I argue is the main reason why he is one of the best actors. I consider him to be a flamboyant and eccentric style of actor. This allows him to take on many different roles and in return, have an opportunity to star in a wide range of films. He has played many different characters so far in his career …show more content…

There could not have been a better role for Depp to star in. Willy Wonka is supposed to be a mysterious and strange man. Who else could play this role any better than Depp? He nails the part leaving many people feeling as if the re-make of the movie is better than the old one. He took the role and added the Johnny Depp flare to it. The old Willy Wonka was nice and kind. Depp made Wonka into strange and odd character. He turned the character around 180 degrees. He made it work as well. Now when most people think about Willy Wonka they imagine Depp in the role because of the impact he had starring as Wonka. That never happens, but that is the type of impact that Depp can have on a movie. He leaves viewers astonished with his unorthodox way of going about things, and they keep coming back for more because they love …show more content…

Depp soon finds himself unable to tell the difference from his real life family and the mob family he has come to know too well. He finds himself conflicted about trying to bring the empire down because he is afraid it might have an effect on his family’s safety. Depp is able to pull off being two completely different characters in this movie. That is impressive in and of itself. This film was made in 1997 and for the time this type of role by Depp had not really been seen in other movies. It was a revolutionary idea that Johnny Depp acted out in this film. In the movie he had a hard time depicted his real family life and his mob life. This is very similar to his real life situation due to the fact he does not know when to stop acting as a

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