Who Is Johnny Depp's 'Black Mass'?
Ever since Black Mass premiered at the Venice Film Festival, Johnny Depp has been surfing a acknowledged wave of Oscar buzz for his chilling performance as real life gangster Whitey Bulger.
According to Depp, though, the actor who has been Oscar nominated for Sweeney Todd. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Finding Neverland, and Pirates of the Caribbean, The Curse of the Black Pearl has no great interest in acquiring a little gold man.
“I don’t want to win one of those things ever, you know,” Depp told the NewsBeat at the London Film Festival’s Black Mass premiere on Sunday.
His reasons for dodging an Academy Award: “I don’t want to have to talk,” the actor revealed. Last year was the subject of wide spread media criticism, and the actor wasn’t even accepting an award. …show more content…
EW’s Chris Nashawaty writes that the actor plays the audience like Toscanini.
Nevertheless, Black Mass is not an Oscar bid for the star. Depp has picked up three Best Actor nominations before, for his performances in Sweeney Todd, Finding Neverland, and the first Pirates of the Caribbean film. “They gave me one of those things, like a nomination, two or three times,” he said. “A nomination is plenty.”
“What did I come back from? The dead?” he said. “I haven’t done anything different in this than I have in any other film.” Not all would agree: Nashawaty also said of Depp in his review of Black Mass, “The actor’s really done his homework after playing hooky for what feels like too long.”
As further proof that the Oscar nominee isn’t taking himself too seriously as awards season approaches, the actor will appear in a reality show this fall.
On the November 4 episode of the cable custom car design series Overhaulin’, the actor will appear alongside wife Amber Heard, whose ’68 Mustang will receive the titular
According to Depp, though, the actor who has been Oscar nominated for Sweeney Todd. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Finding Neverland, and Pirates of the Caribbean, The Curse of the Black Pearl has no great interest in acquiring a little gold man.
“I don’t want to win one of those things ever, you know,” Depp told the NewsBeat at the London Film Festival’s Black Mass premiere on Sunday.
His reasons for dodging an Academy Award: “I don’t want to have to talk,” the actor revealed. Last year was the subject of wide spread media criticism, and the actor wasn’t even accepting an award. …show more content…
EW’s Chris Nashawaty writes that the actor plays the audience like Toscanini.
Nevertheless, Black Mass is not an Oscar bid for the star. Depp has picked up three Best Actor nominations before, for his performances in Sweeney Todd, Finding Neverland, and the first Pirates of the Caribbean film. “They gave me one of those things, like a nomination, two or three times,” he said. “A nomination is plenty.”
“What did I come back from? The dead?” he said. “I haven’t done anything different in this than I have in any other film.” Not all would agree: Nashawaty also said of Depp in his review of Black Mass, “The actor’s really done his homework after playing hooky for what feels like too long.”
As further proof that the Oscar nominee isn’t taking himself too seriously as awards season approaches, the actor will appear in a reality show this fall.
On the November 4 episode of the cable custom car design series Overhaulin’, the actor will appear alongside wife Amber Heard, whose ’68 Mustang will receive the titular