At the press conference for Disney’s soon-to-be-released 3D version of Alice in Wonderland, Johnny Depp adeptly fielded several questions regarding his long-time collaboration with director Tim Burton, which now spans twenty years and seven films– Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Corpse Bride, Sweeney Todd, and now Alice.
Q: This is now your 7th film with Tim Burton. When he came to you and told you that he wanted you to play the Mad Hatter, what was your reaction? Why did you want to play that character?
Johnny Depp: To be honest, he could have said he wanted me to play Alice, and I would have. I would have done whatever character Tim wanted. But, certainly, the fact that it was the Mad Hatter was a bonus because of the great challenge to try to find this guy and not just be a rubber ball you heave into an empty room and watch it bounce all over the place. I wanted to find that part of the character, but also a little bit more of the history and gravity to that.
Q: How has your professional and personal relationship with Tim grown?
Johnny Depp: Each time out of the gate with Tim, the initial thing for me is to come up with a character. And then, there’s a certain amount of pressure where I go, “[. . .W]ill this be the one where I disappoint him?” So, I try really hard, especially early on, to come up with something that’s very different, that he hasn’t experienced before and that we haven’t experienced together before, and that will stimulate him and inspire him to make choices based on that character. I try not to embarrass him, basically. (
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Na press konferenciji za diznijevu 3D verziju alice in Wonderlen koja ce uskoro izaci, Johnny Depp je odgovorio na neka pitanja koja se ticu njegove dugogodisnje saradnje sa Timom Burtonom, koj sada ukljucuje 20 godina i 7 filma: Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Corpse Bride, Sweeney Todd, and now Alice.
P:Ovo je Vas 7mi film s Timom Burtonom. Kada je dosao kod Vas i rekao Vam da hoce da igrate Ludog Sesirdziju kakva je bila vasa reakcija? Zasto ste zeleli da igrate tog lika?
Johnny Depp: Da budem iskren, on je mogao da kaze da je zeleo da igram Alice, i ja bih. Uradio bih svakog lika kog Tim hoce. Ali cinjenica da je to bio Ludi Sesirdzija je bila bonus zbog velikog izazova da pokusam da nadjem to lika.
P: Kako je vasa privatna i profesionalna veza s Timom porasla?
Johnny Depp: Svaki put kad radim s Timom, pocetna stvar za mene je da smislim lik. I onda tu postoji neka vrsta pritiska gde mislim. "Da li ce ovo biti onaj gde cu ga razocarati?". Tako da, ja pokusavam stvarno tesko, posebno ranije, da smislim nesto sto je veoma drugacije, sto nije iskusio pre i sto mi zajedno nismo iskusili pre toga, i sto ce ga stimulirati i inspirisati da napravi izbore na tom liku. Obicno pokusavam da ga ne osramorim
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