Johnny Depp talks a little about Sweeney Todd movie

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.

What if Michael Moore played Sweeney? He can sing.

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.

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Oh, boy.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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

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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

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

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.

Does anyone think they might dub his voice?

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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

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

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