Johnny Depp on cover of Australia's THE BIG ISSUE

Australian magazine The Big Issue features Johnny Depp on its current cover, with an interview that focuses on Public Enemies and next year’s Alice in Wonderland. “In Public Enemies, Dillinger seems very comfortable with the media’s spotlight,” their reporter observed. “How comfortable are you with that scrutiny?”

Johnny replied, “Well, the thing I’m infinitely more comfortable with is the process and the effort of making the character, and the collaborative process: making the movie. Then there’s this other stuff that goes along with it that I don’t think I will ever understand, but I do appreciate as a part of the gig. It’s a certain amount of attention that I suppose goes along with it. The alternative is a real drag: if there’s no attention, well, the job goes away, doesn’t it?”

Asked if Dillinger would be comfortable in today’s world, Johnny said, “I think he’d probably run screaming. I truly do. I’m shocked at things that I see. I’m shocked at things that are available on the internet. I’m shocked at what technology is promising in the next couple of years. [. . .] I think he’d run away.”

The Zone thanks Emma for the news, and Sally Nightmare for her scan of the cover. You can read more of Johnny’s interview on the Zone’s Pit forum; thanks to RumLover for sharing scans of the article. –Part-Time Poet

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