Dokko Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Depp visits sick kids as 'Captain Jack' Johnny Depp surprised sick children in hospital when he visited them dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow, according to reports. The Oscar-nominated actor was in London to promote his latest film Public Enemies and made a point to call in on Great Ormond Street Hospital, says Contactmusic. Depp's 10-year-old daughter Lily-Rose was a patient at the medical centre in 2007 due to kidney failure, while the ward that she stayed in was one of many that the star visited as his Pirates of the Caribbean alter ego. "Johnny was so friendly with all the children on the ward and they absolutely loved his pirate outfit," a source told WENN. "He spoke to lots of the youngsters and staff - and made their day by posing for pictures with them all." The 44-year-old previously donated £1 million to the facility to thank them for caring for his sick child. The Charlie and the Chocolate Factory star recently said that he would love to resurrect his Pirates character for a fourth instalment. Think the guy is a legend even if he has finally sold out to Hollywood, doing things like this just confirms what a sound man he is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Depp visits sick kids as 'Captain Jack' Johnny Depp surprised sick children in hospital when he visited them dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow, according to reports. The Oscar-nominated actor was in London to promote his latest film Public Enemies and made a point to call in on Great Ormond Street Hospital, says Contactmusic. Depp's 10-year-old daughter Lily-Rose was a patient at the medical centre in 2007 due to kidney failure, while the ward that she stayed in was one of many that the star visited as his Pirates of the Caribbean alter ego. "Johnny was so friendly with all the children on the ward and they absolutely loved his pirate outfit," a source told WENN. "He spoke to lots of the youngsters and staff - and made their day by posing for pictures with them all." The 44-year-old previously donated £1 million to the facility to thank them for caring for his sick child. The Charlie and the Chocolate Factory star recently said that he would love to resurrect his Pirates character for a fourth instalment. Think the guy is a legend even if he has finally sold out to Hollywood, doing things like this just confirms what a sound man he is. Why do you think that? I think the POTC franchise is excellent, so I dont really think he's sacrificed his integrity in any way. ...and for the actual story. Hats off Mr. Depp. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Agreed, that's a class thing to do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Good on him POTC is the biggest pile of shite though ftw. The latest one was the stuff of nightmares. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 And he played on "Be Here Now". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Hes a damn hero that guy; a great actor, tries to avoid the limelight and a top bloke too legend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Hes a damn hero that guy; a great actor, tries to avoid the limelight and a top bloke too legend. Arguably the coolest Hollywood star of the lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Depp visits sick kids as 'Captain Jack' Johnny Depp surprised sick children in hospital when he visited them dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow, according to reports. The Oscar-nominated actor was in London to promote his latest film Public Enemies and made a point to call in on Great Ormond Street Hospital, says Contactmusic. Depp's 10-year-old daughter Lily-Rose was a patient at the medical centre in 2007 due to kidney failure, while the ward that she stayed in was one of many that the star visited as his Pirates of the Caribbean alter ego. "Johnny was so friendly with all the children on the ward and they absolutely loved his pirate outfit," a source told WENN. "He spoke to lots of the youngsters and staff - and made their day by posing for pictures with them all." The 44-year-old previously donated £1 million to the facility to thank them for caring for his sick child. The Charlie and the Chocolate Factory star recently said that he would love to resurrect his Pirates character for a fourth instalment. Think the guy is a legend even if he has finally sold out to Hollywood, doing things like this just confirms what a sound man he is. Why do you think that? I think the POTC franchise is excellent, so I dont really think he's sacrificed his integrity in any way. ...and for the actual story. Hats off Mr. Depp. How did the Simpsons sell out? They just did, alright! Johnny Depp. One of my all time favorites, playing challenging none mainstream Hollywood parts, living in France, rejecting the usual celeb life, then goes and does a Disney movie about Pirates. A one off can be forgiven, but he sold out with the trilogy. Great role though and again not selling out at all unless he's ever voiced objections to people being Disney movies. Its selling out, its total mainstream and he's always mocked Hollywood, its presentations awards and those types of films. He sold out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 This is what annoys me about 'selling out'. Selling out in my eyes is when you sacrifice something about yourself in order to get either fame or fortune. I dont see what Depp has sacrificed, therefore I dont think he's sold out at all. Edward Scissorhands was a big Hollywood film, did he sell out when he did that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 One of my charities Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Libertine Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 coincidently, i just read this last night... “Well, without getting too personal. I have always found him to be one of the most down to earth actors I’ve ever worked with. He is generous to a fault with his knowledge and his wealth. For example, he helped a young girl recover from Leukemia by paying for all her treatments in Mexico and didn’t even know her. She was just brought to the set to meet him by a friend of mine. She couldn’t get Make a Wish to bring her so my friend called and ask if he could and JD said, ‘yeah sure’ and the rest is history. She wasn’t supposed to live past a few weeks after she met him and that was now over three years ago.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gemmill Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 The bloke is a class act. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/3097/aceisq.jpg What a guy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 This is what annoys me about 'selling out'. Selling out in my eyes is when you sacrifice something about yourself in order to get either fame or fortune. I dont see what Depp has sacrificed, therefore I dont think he's sold out at all. Edward Scissorhands was a big Hollywood film, did he sell out when he did that? POTC turned in more in the opening weekend than the whole intake of ES. Total income near $3billion for POTC whereas $60m for ES. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 This is what annoys me about 'selling out'. Selling out in my eyes is when you sacrifice something about yourself in order to get either fame or fortune. I dont see what Depp has sacrificed, therefore I dont think he's sold out at all. Edward Scissorhands was a big Hollywood film, did he sell out when he did that? POTC turned in more in the opening weekend than the whole intake of ES. Total income near $3billion for POTC whereas $60m for ES. Yeah, thats the point, financial success doesnt equal selling out. Compromising your integrity for financial success does. There's plenty of things and people who are financially successful, it doesnt mean theyre sell outs, its quite often just a term for people who are happy to remain as paupers without being willing to try to succeed, and using the whole sell out thing as an excuse not to try and better themselves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 This is what annoys me about 'selling out'. Selling out in my eyes is when you sacrifice something about yourself in order to get either fame or fortune. I dont see what Depp has sacrificed, therefore I dont think he's sold out at all. Edward Scissorhands was a big Hollywood film, did he sell out when he did that? POTC turned in more in the opening weekend than the whole intake of ES. Total income near $3billion for POTC whereas $60m for ES. Yeah, thats the point, financial success doesnt equal selling out. Compromising your integrity for financial success does. There's plenty of things and people who are financially successful, it doesnt mean theyre sell outs, its quite often just a term for people who are happy to remain as paupers without being willing to try to succeed, and using the whole sell out thing as an excuse not to try and better themselves. Couldn't have put it better myself. Regarding the story, great gesture. It's always hard to tell who's 'nice' in the world of Hollywood. I'm sure there are also plenty of people who perhaps do charity work or stuff along those lines, and it isn't widely reported. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 This is what annoys me about 'selling out'. Selling out in my eyes is when you sacrifice something about yourself in order to get either fame or fortune. I dont see what Depp has sacrificed, therefore I dont think he's sold out at all. Edward Scissorhands was a big Hollywood film, did he sell out when he did that? POTC turned in more in the opening weekend than the whole intake of ES. Total income near $3billion for POTC whereas $60m for ES. Yeah, thats the point, financial success doesnt equal selling out. Compromising your integrity for financial success does. There's plenty of things and people who are financially successful, it doesnt mean theyre sell outs, its quite often just a term for people who are happy to remain as paupers without being willing to try to succeed, and using the whole sell out thing as an excuse not to try and better themselves. Point is like with 90% of JD films pre POTC there is a sense of danger of it flopping or not making its money back, an unknown and niche market for his performances. Ed Wood summing up why i loved JD and the type of films i expect to see him in) POTC was going to be a roaring success for day dot the amount they were throwing at it; I'm glad he put his usual twisted JD spin on his character, but its completely against all the Hollywood attention he hid away from for years in Paris. A Disney movie made for the money, something he'd never even thought about doing 10 years ago, i suppose kids change you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 This is what annoys me about 'selling out'. Selling out in my eyes is when you sacrifice something about yourself in order to get either fame or fortune. I dont see what Depp has sacrificed, therefore I dont think he's sold out at all. Edward Scissorhands was a big Hollywood film, did he sell out when he did that? POTC turned in more in the opening weekend than the whole intake of ES. Total income near $3billion for POTC whereas $60m for ES. Yeah, thats the point, financial success doesnt equal selling out. Compromising your integrity for financial success does. There's plenty of things and people who are financially successful, it doesnt mean theyre sell outs, its quite often just a term for people who are happy to remain as paupers without being willing to try to succeed, and using the whole sell out thing as an excuse not to try and better themselves. Point is like with 90% of JD films pre POTC there is a sense of danger of it flopping or not making its money back, an unknown and niche market for his performances. Ed Wood summing up why i loved JD and the type of films i expect to see him in) POTC was going to be a roaring success for day dot the amount they were throwing at it; I'm glad he put his usual twisted JD spin on his character, but its completely against all the Hollywood attention he hid away from for years in Paris. A Disney movie made for the money, something he'd never even thought about doing 10 years ago, i suppose kids change you. It might not be expected from him, yeah. And it might have been obvious that it was going to be a success. But so was Toy Story, and so was Shrek...that doesnt mean that they're not excellent films. POTC is something I know that I'd have loved as a kid, and with good reason. They're great films, their expected success and big budget Disney status doesnt change that. If he'd been in something like Transformers, which was expected to be a success but in terms of everything other than special effects and sound design is a w*** film, then Id completely agree with you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 This is what annoys me about 'selling out'. Selling out in my eyes is when you sacrifice something about yourself in order to get either fame or fortune. I dont see what Depp has sacrificed, therefore I dont think he's sold out at all. Edward Scissorhands was a big Hollywood film, did he sell out when he did that? POTC turned in more in the opening weekend than the whole intake of ES. Total income near $3billion for POTC whereas $60m for ES. Yeah, thats the point, financial success doesnt equal selling out. Compromising your integrity for financial success does. There's plenty of things and people who are financially successful, it doesnt mean theyre sell outs, its quite often just a term for people who are happy to remain as paupers without being willing to try to succeed, and using the whole sell out thing as an excuse not to try and better themselves. Point is like with 90% of JD films pre POTC there is a sense of danger of it flopping or not making its money back, an unknown and niche market for his performances. Ed Wood summing up why i loved JD and the type of films i expect to see him in) POTC was going to be a roaring success for day dot the amount they were throwing at it; I'm glad he put his usual twisted JD spin on his character, but its completely against all the Hollywood attention he hid away from for years in Paris. A Disney movie made for the money, something he'd never even thought about doing 10 years ago, i suppose kids change you. It might not be expected from him, yeah. And it might have been obvious that it was going to be a success. But so was Toy Story, and so was Shrek...that doesnt mean that they're not excellent films. POTC is something I know that I'd have loved as a kid, and with good reason. They're great films, their expected success and big budget Disney status doesnt change that. If he'd been in something like Transformers, which was expected to be a success but in terms of everything other than special effects and sound design is a w*** film, then Id completely agree with you. Just think how buzzing the little-uns would be to see the real Ctn Jack Sparrow come in to visit them? Bet the staff were over the moon nevermind the kids. Didn't think all that much of POTC, felt the last one was a very weak ending to a trilogy. But overall enjoyed it more than i thought i would. Now i feel its the end of films like Ed Wood, Fear & Loathing or Sleepy Hollow and more POTC4 and Batman villains for JD. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 This is what annoys me about 'selling out'. Selling out in my eyes is when you sacrifice something about yourself in order to get either fame or fortune. I dont see what Depp has sacrificed, therefore I dont think he's sold out at all. Edward Scissorhands was a big Hollywood film, did he sell out when he did that? POTC turned in more in the opening weekend than the whole intake of ES. Total income near $3billion for POTC whereas $60m for ES. Yeah, thats the point, financial success doesnt equal selling out. Compromising your integrity for financial success does. There's plenty of things and people who are financially successful, it doesnt mean theyre sell outs, its quite often just a term for people who are happy to remain as paupers without being willing to try to succeed, and using the whole sell out thing as an excuse not to try and better themselves. Point is like with 90% of JD films pre POTC there is a sense of danger of it flopping or not making its money back, an unknown and niche market for his performances. Ed Wood summing up why i loved JD and the type of films i expect to see him in) POTC was going to be a roaring success for day dot the amount they were throwing at it; I'm glad he put his usual twisted JD spin on his character, but its completely against all the Hollywood attention he hid away from for years in Paris. A Disney movie made for the money, something he'd never even thought about doing 10 years ago, i suppose kids change you. It might not be expected from him, yeah. And it might have been obvious that it was going to be a success. But so was Toy Story, and so was Shrek...that doesnt mean that they're not excellent films. POTC is something I know that I'd have loved as a kid, and with good reason. They're great films, their expected success and big budget Disney status doesnt change that. If he'd been in something like Transformers, which was expected to be a success but in terms of everything other than special effects and sound design is a w*** film, then Id completely agree with you. Just think how buzzing the little-uns would be to see the real Ctn Jack Sparrow come in to visit them? Bet the staff were over the moon nevermind the kids. Didn't think all that much of POTC, felt the last one was a very weak ending to a trilogy. But overall enjoyed it more than i thought i would. Now i feel its the end of films like Ed Wood, Fear & Loathing or Sleepy Hollow and more POTC4 and Batman villains for JD. If they're great films and he plays an excellent part (which he usually does aside from Willy Wonka imo) then I dont really mind. His portrayal of Hunter S Thompson will always be in my DVD collection, it would take a lot for me to lose respect for Depp. Even now I find it hard to lose respect for The Simpsons, and that's become monumentally shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Jerusalem Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Now i feel its the end of films like Ed Wood, Fear & Loathing or Sleepy Hollow and more POTC4 and Batman villains for JD. Nah, he still seems on good terms with Tim Burton - even after Pirates - and will still be doing the mental shit, like Sweeney Todd and the upcoming Alice in Wonderland. Apart from The Riddler all the good Batman villains are gone really - and nobody will ever be as good as Frank Gorshin for that role. The only villain I could see hime doing would be Hush - not a great character in reality - or a non-souped up version of Bane - his most cerebral opponent apart from Ras Al Ghul, but they fucked that up in the first film. Unless they resurrect him of course. But anyway, not to digress, Depp seems one of the more genuine people in Hollywod who actually seems to realise how lucky they are to have such a well paid and privileged job. Well done lad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 He was on the radio during the week and comes over as a reasonable bloke who thinks about everything he does Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE6 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Depp hasn't sold out, and any cunt that says he has it talking out their arse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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