Famous American actor Johnny Depp said about himself that he became an actor by accident under compulsion.
Johnny Depp, who recently won a defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard, has made an interesting revelation about his film career in the past.
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A few years ago, while participating in a radio program, Johnny Depp said that when he wanted to be a musician, he got stuck in acting.
He said that he had a desire to be a musician since childhood, he started regular music at the age of 12 and started performing in clubs at the age of 13.
“I had to pay my rent and then someone said to me, ‘Why don’t you go and see my agent? He’s with Nicolas Cage,’ so they sent me to audition and I got the job,” Depp said.
The Hollywood star said of the moment, “I thought it was okay to pay my rent for a while.”
John Christopher Depp II was born on June 9, 1963. He is an American actor, producer, and musician.
He is the recipient of multiple awards, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and two BAFTA awards.
Remember that Johnny Depp, who rose to fame with the role of Captain Jack Sparrow in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’, started his artistic career in 1984 at the age of 21 with the film “A Nightmare on Elm Street”.
Further more he appeared in Platoon (1986), before rising to prominence as a teen idol on the television series 21 Jump Street (1987–1990).
In the 1990s, Depp acted mostly in independent films with auteur directors, often playing extraordinary characters.
Other movies on his behalf including, Cry-Baby (1990), What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Benny and Joon (1993), Dead Man (1995), Donnie Brasco (1997), and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998).
Depp also began his longtime collaboration with director Tim Burton, portraying the leads in the films Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), and Sleepy Hollow (1999).