It seems that Johnny Depp has been around for ages, but when you look at him it’s hard to tell – the man seems ageless and quirky to a point of no return. Yet one fact we know for sure: his career is one of the most spectacular ones in Hollywood and everyone should strive to land roles that are at least half as mad and madly genius. Some might argue that lately his role choices haven’t been quite as mesmerizing as they used to be (along with his acting), that’s why we’ve decided to take a step back and appreciate Johnny Depp’s lifetime of work in all its glory. It’s been quite a journey!
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Many of you probably know Freddie Krueger, but most people, including Johnny Depp’s fans, have no idea he starred in this old atmospheric horror movie. Johnny Depp came to Hollywood as an aspiring musician, but thanks to his buddy Nick Cage landed a role as one of Freddie Krueger’s victims in the first instalment of the movie series.
Cry-Baby (1990)
Cry-Baby is one of the most badass rock-n-roll musicals ever made, with Johnny Depp playing the leading role of a bad boy with a quirky side. This John Water’s creation was an ideal playground for Depp to explore his unusualness, and so he did! The ordinary bad-boy-meets-good-girl trope plays out in an unexpected way in this movie with more than enough weird moments.
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Tim Burton’s cult movie is not only adorably romantic, gothic, and philosophical on so many levels, but it also has started a whole era of Burton-Depp collaborations that gave us more incredible movies than we can count. It was also the movie that drastically changed the direction Johnny Depp’s career was going from a handsome teenage heartthrob to a risk-taker interested in complex roles.
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
This is a more down-to-earth story about love, destiny, and all the hardships in-between. Johnny Depp confessed that for some reason he was having trouble filming this movie, nevertheless, he did a great job portraying a young man who had to take care of his obese mother and young mentally-disabled brother, all the while falling in love.
Arizona Dream (1993)
The only time Emir Kusturica made a movie in America he invited an Oscar-worthy cast. Set against the desolate landscape of Arizona, this movie is as absurd and surreal as one can imagine. Johnny Depp’s magnetic performance is one of the things that make it so compelling despite being utterly weird.
Don Juan DeMarco (1994)
One of those rare roles that showcased Johnny Depp’s hot and handsome romantic side, rather than the weird and bizarre one. Don Juan DeMarco is a story about a supposedly delusional man who thinks he is the actual Don Juan DeMarco (played by Johnny Depp) and the psychiatrist (played by Marlon Brando) who is trying to fix him, yet in the process realizes that he and his relationship with his wife are the ones that need fixing. It’s a tender story about love and devotion. It had all the potential to become super cheesy, but great acting saved it!
Dead Man (1995)
This is one of the lesser known Johnny Depp’s roles, although the director is none other than Jim Jarmusch himself. This grainy, black-and-white, Western-y movie tells a story of an accountant who, through a series of unfortunate events, becomes a trigger-happy outlaw, gets wounded, and is accompanied to the ocean by a Native American man, who believes that this Blake is actually Blake-the-poet. Sounds surreal? Because it is!
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