The actor Johnny Depp plays the eccentric seafarer in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise and although his kids, Lily-Rose, 12, and Jack, nine, used to love his impressions of the character, Johnny admits they now find him boring.
He said, “Captain Jack doesn’t do it for them anymore. They’re so used to him now. I have to make them laugh with new characters. Some of the characters I’ve done in the past were born literally out of playing Barbie with my daughter. And if a new character works, I think, ‘OK, I may put him in a drawer and use him again later.’”
However, not all children are sick of the pirate and Johnny, 48, loves to confuse kids he meets by changing from Jack to another of his famous characters, Willy Wonka from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In an interview with Shortlist magazine, he said, “Little kids like to hear Captain Jack. But what really freaks them out is when you go from Jack to Willy Wonka. Suddenly they’re like, ‘I’m not sure about this guy.’”
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Barrymore named the most overpaid actor
Drew Barrymore has been named the most overpaid actor in Hollywood by Forbes magazine.
Barrymore tops Forbes 2011 list of Hollywood’s Most Overpaid Actors list with a return average of 40 percent for every dollar movie studios spend on her.
The 36-year-old’s films have failed to rake in moolah at the box office in the past five years. “Everybody’s Fine earned only $16 million globally and Lucky You brought in only $8 million.
The second position went to Eddie Murphy. He returns $2.70 for every dollar spent on him. Will Farrell is at the third position with a return average of $3.50, reports aceshowbiz.com
Reese Witherspoon and Denzel Washington wrapped up the top five with return averages of $3.55 and $4.25 repectively.
—IANS