"I didn't want to let Tim down," Johnny Depp tells FilmInk about his SWEENEY TODD role
January 31, 2008
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Posted by Part-Time Poet
In a recent interview with FilmInk’s Philip Berk, Johnny Depp disclosed that his main concern about tackling the difficult role of Sweeney Todd was that he not disappoint his friend and director, Tim Burton: “I didn’t want to let Tim down. [. . .] I was afraid that I’d disappoint him,” says Johnny. “The process was strange, even though my background is music–I started as a guitar player–but the idea of standing in front of a microphone scared me to death.”
Even though he was “scared to death,” Johnny still accepted the role of the demon barber: “With Tim, there’s nothing I wouldn’t do,” he explains. “I trust him implicitly. It’s more than the bond between an actor and a director. It’s a very strong link. There are things that I have done for Tim that I wouldn’t do for myself,” adds Johnny. “I would never have gone in and recorded vocals. I would never have done that in my life had Tim not asked me to do it.” Many thanks to Tim Burton for making that request!
The Zone thanks Emma for the FilmInk interview; you can read it in full on the News & Views forum. –Part-Time Poet
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