Denton County Living Well Magazine January/February 2016 | Page 36

Matteo Chinellato / Shutterstock.com From, page 33 as well as a serious actor who was almost anxious to mask or otherwise alter his good looks on screen, as he would do in almost every Burton movie thereafter (not that Sweeney Todd wasn’t still strangely sexy) and in so many of his meatiest roles over the past two decades.” Depp and Burton have gone on to make eight films together, including some of Depp’s most well-known movies such as Sweeny Todd, Alice in Wonderland, and more. Several sources point to the fact that the two not only enjoy collaborating but also are close friends. As his career entered the new millennium, Depp continued to churn out hits. Obvious stand outs include the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Corpse Bride, Transcendence, Into The Woods, Black Mass, and more. Becoming a Hollywood icon “Nobody has the range that Johnny has,” director Scott Cooper told GQ when interviewed about the film Black Mass. “To create Ed Wood and also be in Dead Man and Edward Scissorhands and The Libertine and Sweeney Todd. To play Jack Sparrow and John Dillinger, Hunter S. Thompson and Joe Pistone [in Donnie Brasco] and George Jung [in  Blow]. And yet, for all his parts, I was mesmerized to see him turn from the man he is—gentle-natured, soulful, sweet—to Whitey Bulger. Whitey is always in control. If you stood 18 inches away, Whitey was going to make that 12. And Johnny captured him.” “Outside of his personal life, Depp continued to flourish, gaining critical acclaim and increasing popularity for his While obviously an international success, Depp is known for insisting time after time that he’s not into acting for the “I never really analyze that too much,” Burton told Entertainment Weekly this past fall when asked about why he and Depp work so well together. “I think there’s a connection with people, and it’s not an intellectual decision. We have shared similar tastes in things, in movies and certain weird, lower suburbia upbringings. I don’t know, exactly, but I think that there’s kind of a connection in many different ways.” 34 work,” cites Biography.com. “Several of his most notable roles included his role as the social misanthrope Sam in Benny & Joon (1993), which earned him a Golden Globe nod, and Gilbert in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993), which cast him as a young man dissatisfied with the confines of his small-town life.” DENTON COUNTY Living Well Magazine | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016