Johnny Depp talks a little about Sweeney Todd movie

[renthead92]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 9:29am

In an interview with comingsoon.net, Johnny Depp talked a little about the Sweeney Todd movie.

CS: Is Tim Burton doing Edgar Allen Poe with you?
Depp: No, not that I've heard of but boy, that's an exciting possibility. We've been talking about doing "Sweeney Todd" together which is very exciting.

CS: How close is that?
Depp: Don't know. Tim and I talked about it a long time ago actually, or the possibility a long time ago so now the people who panic are panicking.

CS: The musical version?
Depp: I'm assuming.

CS: Do you sing?
Depp: Not yet.

The full artical is located here:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=15113

The part about Sweeney Todd is about half way down.

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 9:51am

"CS: Do you sing?
Depp: Not yet."

THAT's encouraging.

Well... this may be a horror movie after all.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 9:58am

What if Michael Moore played Sweeney? He can sing.

[Jyn326]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 10:00am

Yeah, but think about Walk the Line. Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon couldn't sing before the movie but I think they did a pretty good job.

Give Johnny Depp the right voice coach and he should do just fine. He could also just be modest. A lot of people don't think they are very good singers, when in actuality they are.

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 10:05am

You're right about Reese and Joaquin, but they weren't trying to play The Queen of the Night and Rigoletto, either.

The role of Sweeney isn't for "newbies."

Still, I do adore Johnny Depp and his level of talent. He has surprised me before in many ways, so I will keep an open mind... and a couple of ear plugs handy, just in case.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 10:08am

How good of a singer do you have to be to sing that dreck? I mean, it's not as if it were OKLAHOMA! or KISMET, or something with really great music.

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 10:09am

Oh, boy.

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 10:18am

Um...JohnBoy2,...Sweeney Todd is pretty much opera...'nuff said.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 10:19am

I'm with you, best. Johnny Depp has made me go, "Wow" on a many occassions. With the right vocal coach, I think he would be phenomenol. I just hope they either flesh out Anthony/Johanna or just dump them all together. As it stands now with the show, I don't think they will translate well to film.

Updated On: 7/6/06 at 10:19 AM

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 10:19am

::headdesk:: ::headdesk:: ::headdesk::

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 10:20am

Watch out, Kitz . . . that desk might have a loose nail or something.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 10:25am

Um...JohnBoy2,...Sweeney Todd is pretty much opera...'nuff said.

That doesn't make it good music. It's still dreck. I didn't say it wasn't a lot of singing, just how good of a singer do you have to be to sing it? Especially, in a film. It's not as if someone has to sustain a voice for the running time of the thing. Frankly, when I saw it (3 times!), in its original run, tour and revival, I always found the score, over-sung.

Updated On: 7/6/06 at 10:25 AM

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 10:30am

Opera, even if it is dreck, is still hard to sing...I wasn't saying that just becauyse it's opera, it's good...I was saying that you need to be a good singer for it.

[Charlayne Vivika]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 10:38am

He will be amazing as Sweeny Todd! I could just eat him up!

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 11:23am

He will be amazing as Sweeny Todd! I could just eat him up!


I heard you were gay. Aren't you gay?
Updated On: 7/6/06 at 11:23 AM

[rentforthesoul]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 11:28am

What a great way to get someone off track of the original topic. His/her sexual orientation has nothing to do with you and is frankly none of your business.

[colleen_lee]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 11:31am

..............

Apparently you haven't read 95% of Charlayne's posts.

JohnBoy was spot on.

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=900488#2312876
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=901043#2298086
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=902236#2298550

Updated On: 7/6/06 at 11:31 AM

[Theatreboy49]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 12:07pm

Do you sing? Not yet. wow thats reassuring isnt it.

[Wildcard]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 12:10pm

Reposted:

Here was an interview with Johnny that mentioned Sweeney (for the full interview, there is a link in the thread "MSN talks to Johnny...."):

Q: How comfortable will you be in one of your future projects, a film version of the musical, “Sweeney Todd”?

Tim Burton and I have had our discussions about it and everything is looking good. It is a great opportunity to work with Tim again. It will be our sixth movie together. As far as my singing is concerned, I don’t want to shock anyone but I am not a singer (laughter). I would never ever claim to be a singer but I am willing to give it a shot, to see if it works. It is important to try stuff.

Q: Have you started musical training?

I grew up as a guitar player. I was a musician for most of my life. I am musically inclined and I am not tone deaf. At least, not yet.

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 12:14pm

How good of a singer do you have to be to sing that dreck? I mean, it's not as if it were OKLAHOMA! or KISMET, or something with really great music.

For a man of your age, you sound like a petty 5 year old.

You really know how to go out of your way to bash Sweeney or another Sondheim show. You're really pathetic.

And I don't know what planet you're on where OKLAHOMA is harder to sing than SWEENEY TODD.

[Marguerite Chauvelin]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 12:14pm

Does anyone think they might dub his voice?

[Theatreboy49]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 12:19pm

whose voice would they dub it with? Danny Elfman? (id kill myself) And it won tbe a bway actor cuz theyd want to be on screen if they had to sing.

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 12:28pm

And it won tbe a bway actor cuz theyd want to be on screen if they had to sing.

- Talk to Marni Nixon and Lisa Kirk (Lisa is unfortunatly not here anymore)

But those are/were two Broadway actresses who dubbed some very famous Hollywood actresses in big motion pictures.

I hope Johnny does not need to be dubbed though!

Updated On: 7/6/06 at 12:28 PM

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 12:29pm

Somehow, I feel like even if he happens to be a glorious singer he will be anything BUT a booming baritone.

And he will be the most boyish, inocent looking Sweeney Todd I've ever seen.

I hope this doesn't happen. I'm still loving the idea of Sam Mendes directing this too much.

[uncageg]

Posted: 7/6/06 at 12:34pm

If it is dreck, why did you see it 3 times?