Johnny Depp as Whitey Bulger: Scary to adults and 9-year-old children alike
Such as the director’s daughter, who got freaked out seeing Jack Sparrow dressed like a crime boss.
Johnny Depp is basically the chameleon of Hollywood. His ability to transform his face and voice and ambiance from Edward Scissorhands to Willy Wonka to George Jung is pretty rare, even in Tinseltown.
And that’s exactly why he was hand-picked to be Whitey Bulger in Black Mass, director Scott Cooper said in an interview alongside Depp for GQ.
“Nobody has the range that Johnny has,’’ Cooper told the publication.
In fact, Depp’s versatile shapeshifting actually really freaked out Cooper’s 9-year-old daughter, Stella, on the set of Black Mass. She visited on a day “when violent things weren’t happening,’’ Cooper told GQ.
“I looked down, and she’s looking up at Johnny like she was thinking to herself, Hold on. That’s Jack Sparrow. But he doesn’t look like it,’’ Cooper continued.
“I remember I had to do the voice for her,’’ Depp added. He then switched into his best “sing-song’’ Jack Sparrow voice “so that she recognized me.’’
Awesome? Terrifying? Awesomely terrifying? Whatever, we’d be scared, too.
Who plays who in Black Mass:
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