How Johnny Depp "Freaks Out" His Bosses to Test Ideas In Order to Create Hit Movies
Howdy,
Johnny Depp Is a Bit Different from Other Actors.
He is allergic to Chocolate. Yet appeared in two movies with Chocolate in the Title. "Chocolat" AND "Charlie and The Chocolate Factory."
His First TV Role in "21 Jump Street" Made him a SuperStar.
So he Quit.
The Reason?
Based on What we Know NOW about his Testing Methods. Based on the Series of Movie Roles He took to LEARN the Craft of Acting.
I Believe, he Realized he was In a similar Situation to "The Beatles" when they first visited the USA. In their USA Shows they Could Not Hear their own Music over the SCREAMS of the Crowds.
The Beatles Solved this Problem by Quitting Large Stadium Gigs.
Johnny Depp Quit 3 Years into "21 Jump Street." Because It didn't Matter Whether his acting was good or bad. The Screaming girls. The PR. Lack of Privacy. The CHAOS overwhelmed Everything.
So Depp Quit.
And took a Series of Jobs in Movies AWAY from the Crowds. Where the Movies he made Succeeded or Failed based on His Acting Chops.
Now Here is Where Things Get Interesting!
In small Movie Roles Depp Had Creative FREEDOM. Got to Test out all kinds of Wacky Acting ideas.
"The Man Who Cried" -- Made 700,000.00
"Dead Man" cost 9 Million and made 1 Million
"Arizona Dream" -- 100 Grand
"Private Resort" -- 300 Grand
"Before Night Falls" -- Depp plays a gay guy -- 4 million
"The LiBertine" -- 4 Million
"Ed Wood" -- 5 Million
Depp ALSO seems to Have Learned some things about Studio Executives.
FOR EXAMPLE:
Depp Wanted The Pirate, "Jack Sparrow" in the Movie, "Pirates of The Caribbean" to Have GOLD TEETH.
But KNEW the Studio Execs would Argue.
So he had the Dentist put in TWICE as many gold teeth as he Actually Wanted. End of Negotiation -- He Removed Most. But got what he wanted.
Let's talk about Depp's STUNNING Discovery.
The Reason, I Believe, He is a Super Star.
While Depp was Battling with The Studio Executives.
The Investors.
The Producers.
The Rich Business Owners who owned the Movie Studios.
"The Suits." The Guys dressed up in 1000.00 Suits.
The Movie Directors.
Most of his Fellow Actors and Actresses.
Johnny Depp Had an AHA! Moment.
He realized The Folks MAKING MOVIES had nothing in Common with His Audience! They Lived Lives WORLDS AWAY from The Millions of Audience Members who Actually Bought Movie Tickets. And DVD's.
So What IS Johnny Depp's DISCOVERY?
AND
How Does Johnny Depp Test Out Ideas for His Movie Characters?
Johnny Depp Found GOLD in the Fact That 100% of the Studio Executives Were ALWAYS WRONG. Always Wrong about What The Audience Wanted to watch.
SO.
Johnny Depp Began to Shove Wild and Crazy Ideas in The Faces of "The Suits." He had a Sure Way to Chart a path through the Confusion of Script, Director, Other Actors and Studio Executives!
So He Tested one Idea at a time.
IN
THEIR
FACES.
Seems so SIMPLE -- IF "The Suits" LIKED one of his ideas for his Movie Character... He THREW IT OUT.
However.
If They HATED one of his Ideas. (Because Depp Knew they were ALWAYS WRONG) He Ignored their Opinion. And Used That Idea!
In the Land of The Blind the One Eyed Man is King.
You've heard that Quote.
Well.
Johnny Depp IS THAT KING.
All it takes is the Courage of Your Convictions.
RAW Courage.
NERVES of Steel.
Unabashed COCKSURITY.
"What is Wrong With You?"
While bopping around on Youtube We Watched an Interview with Johnny Depp. An Unusual Interview.
Why Unusual?
Because The Interviewer ASKED Intelligent Questions!
"Johnny, How Do You Know When You Have a Winning Character in a Movie? For Example. When did You Know You Had Nailed the Character of Jack Sparrow?
Johnny Grinned.
Smoothed His Mustache.
Tossed his Hair Back.
And said, "I knew I had the Biggest Success of My Career When Movie Executives HATED what I was Doing!
QUESTION:
The Interviewer was CURIOUS. Asked, "What Did they say?"
Johnny -- "One Producer said, "What is WRONG with You?"
Another Said, "You Are Crazy."
Depp Explained his Reasoning to The Producer, Jerry Bruckheimer.
Bruckheimer went to Chat with The Money -- Guys.
Then Did a Series of Audience Tests in Theaters.
Sitting in the Back of the Teater. Eating Popcorn. Bruckheimer Listened to the CHEERING CROWDS. Bruckheimer was Convinced that Johnny Depp, Who he had Personally Flown to France And Persuaded to Play THE PIRATE for the Project, WAS RIGHT about his "Take" on the Gay -- Happy -- Weird Pirate.
And he Stuck by Depp.
Even Though The Other Producers, The Director AND most of Depp's Fellow Actors -- Kept their Distance during Movie Production Breaks.
Johnny Depp Just SMILED and LAUGHED and GRINNED.
Sounds a bit Lonely to be the Only One who Has a 100% Guaranteed Success System.
Thanks,
Glenn Osborn