Johnny Depp to play Michael Jackson?
Johnny Depp has revealed that he wants to play Michael Jackson in a movie about the troubled singer’s life.
Depp was rumored to have modeled himself off of Jackson for his role as Willy Wonka in the 2005 movie ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.’ But he has dismissed that assertion:
“A few people have mentioned it, and it kind of took me by surprise. I really didn’t expect that, Michael Jackson was not a sort of ingredient or inspiration for the character at all.”
However, he would love to take on the role of the pedophile, insisting, “There is still time to play him.”
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January 21st, 2008 at 2:28 pm
I will voluntary “HELP” him with his NOSE!!
March 24th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
OKAY did you read the article? No where does he say he wants to play Michael Jackson. lol.
May 1st, 2008 at 8:47 am
OH i think Johnny Depp would be awesome to play MJ
Johnny Depp and Michael Jackson are my favorites!
May 3rd, 2008 at 1:05 am
^Did you forget that Michael Jackson is Black? You know, African American?
June 6th, 2008 at 4:04 am
gerard Vandenberg you should voluntary step into hell and the person who wrote this biased article he AIN’T no pedophile you don’t got ANY fucking proof and NEVER will have any.
August 5th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
you can’t refer to him as a peophile you idiot. the justice system says he is INNOCENT.
anyone who knows anything about that case knows he was not guilty. if you just read the tabloids and not think for yourself though, you’d believe all kinds of shit
August 22nd, 2008 at 5:32 am
Actually,I think it wouldn’t be difficult to play the role as white MJ.But if he has to play the black version you really have to use an other actor to play the black version.
Excpeccialy the macaber smile of Willy Wonka is parallel with the MJ-smile.
September 25th, 2008 at 11:43 am
I think this would be great. Johnny is a fabulous actor, and has these eccentric roles down to a tee. With the right script Johnny could bring the character of Michael Jackson to life, and I would pay to see it. I think Michael would like Johnny to play him too - I could imagine Michael likes those eccentric characters Johnny plays, and Michael would be a perfect person for Johnny to play.
To the person who said “do you know Michael is African American?”… yes, we all know he is African American - but why should that matter? Johnny Depp is one of those actors, who can portray a character with a certain emotion and likability that people would never expect to have for such characters. Regarding Michaels race and appearance, I would imagine Johnny wouldn’t be putting on a jheri curl wig, and tanning his skin up. I think it would something more along the lines of character reflection and soul searching, more so than his appearance. Michaels appearance would have to come into play since it is a big part of his story, but it wouldn’t entirely be racial. Theres more to Michael than “black or white”.
Johnny Depp would do Michael justice
November 27th, 2008 at 10:04 am
I would love to see Johnny portray Michael . they r my favourites but u idiot how dare u call michael a pedophile stupid fool dont u read the newspaper they have cleared himm of all charges he is completely innocent ….
June 30th, 2009 at 10:44 am
There will definitely be a Michael biopic soon, but I personally don’t think it will be Jonny Depp. It is too obvious… I mean they’re getting Elijah Wood to play Iggy Pop! and Michael Douglas as Liberace?!
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Godddamnit ! Michael is NOT a pedophile !
Everyone wants to write bad things about him because they know that’s where people are interested in.
Gossips are stories, stories that can hurt people. Especially people like Michael Jackson, he was very sensitive.
I love Johnny, I hope that he will play Michael !
They’re both very special, I think Johnny could identify easy with MJ.
Oh, and Michael; we miss you ..!
July 4th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
What the hell? T he person who wrote this artical is obviously a stupid loner with nothing better to do.
Michael Jackson is NOT a pedophile. He was a great man and his music will live on forever.
I adore Johnny Depp and think he would be great as MJ. I’m a bit worried about the dancing and singing, though.
Yeah, Johnny can sing but can he sing like MJ?
Johnny Depp seems to be able to do everything and I’m curious to see what he makes of this.
He is a superb actor and he never fails to entertain!!
July 4th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
I hate you!! Michael WAS NOT a pedo!!!!! I hate you soooo much!
I love you MJ.
R.I.P.
July 6th, 2009 at 1:22 am
To Angela, who said
May 3rd, 2008 at 1:05 am
^Did you forget that Michael Jackson is Black? You know, African American?
Um I’m pretty sure everyone knows that Michael was white when he died. You know, caucasian?
July 6th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Michael’s skin coloring being White does NOT change his race. How stupid. Michael Jackson was and will never be Caucasian.
July 7th, 2009 at 4:58 am
How ignorant and disrespectful to refer to the great Michael Jackson as a pedo! the person writing this and many others who chose to use this arrogance will NEVER amount to anywhere close the man that Jackson was.
Now onto Depp, I absolutely love Depp as an actor and to be honest can’t think of anyone else who could possibly play Michael in a movie other than Michael himself, so of course I think Depp would be perfect! they could easily make him look similar to Michael in his black and white and then moonwalker days! they can tan him for earlier parts and whiten him up for more recent parts. I do think they should start at the beginning and have a black actor play him from the start then they will have to cleverly change it over to Depp, I also think they should reflect on the vitalligo he had, (if not just to show audiences that he did have it and what he had to go through with it emotionally etc, cause even the haterz will watch this film) I think it will need to be at least a 3 hour film to give us a true account of his astonishing life, and I would prefer to see the whole thing, as a pose to just a segment of his life. of course I know this would take too long, and there’s already a film about his younger years so they could just use reflection for those parts and pick up from his solo career for the film, I think it will be fantastic and realyl hope they do it.
July 7th, 2009 at 5:03 am
one more thing, It would be a bit jarring using actors and then real footage, so not sure about this, but it would seem unfair to not have real michael footage, the footage could be shown on tv/radio in the film instead of having as part of the film? also the black and white actors used would need to be able to play the role in the same way and hae similar voices, it would be akward. maybe it would be better if they used Jonny Depp all the way through, using make-up and prosthetics to make him black, but if the film starts from his solo career days, he had already had surgery on his nose etc so it won’t be that difficult. (and depp likes his eyeliner so that will work out!) they will have to be careful though, black audiences will no doubt be offended with a white man playing him for the whole film, but it really shouldn’t matter, Michael wouldn’t mind, he wasn’t pro-black, so people really shouldn’t be bothered, instead they should be happy that a great actor such as depp will be playing the part.
July 7th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Kelly
He wasn’t pro black? That’s bullshit. They tried to say Michael wanted a white actor to play him as a child during a pepsi commercial in 1993, and he addressed the issue on Oprah. He has repeated several times that he is a proud black American. His idols (James Brown, Sammy Davis Jr. etc) are black.
July 10th, 2009 at 1:38 am
You guys are retards,michael jackson was not and is not and never will be guilty of that charge,he was the greatest artist that ever lived you dumb fucks
July 19th, 2009 at 12:20 am
You suck!!!! u are a cruel person!! Mike isnt a pedophile!!! you are ignorant!!
maybe u are the pedophile and u believe that all people is it
July 19th, 2009 at 2:43 am
Michael Jackson wasn’t a pedophile. T_T
but apparently, everyone is too fucking ignorant to accept that.
July 21st, 2009 at 12:18 am
what asshole called michael jackson a pedophile? he was innocent. it’s disrepectful to refer to michael jackson as a pedophile! his career and lifes work had nothing to do with a pedophile. ur an asshole. anyway johnny depp playing michael jackson wow thats shocking as hell i really don’t know what to say. that will be a stetch even for johnny and he’s used to playing eccentric characters. wonder whos gonna play the younger michael?
July 22nd, 2009 at 9:05 am
Why not John Hensley ?????
August 31st, 2009 at 9:22 pm
He was found not guilty. What a crass thing to do, calling him a pedophile. Stupid.
September 17th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Michael was NOT a pedophile! He was totally innocent of all that BS.
Johnny Depp would be perfect to play Michael!! Everything Johnny does is excellent, and he would certainly do the best job! Makeup could handle the skin color. Johnny could learn some dance moves, I bet he’d find it challenging! It would honor Michael! I believe I could see from some of his pics that Michael liked Johnny and his characters. What a fabulous movie it would be!!
December 18th, 2009 at 12:18 am
why the hell did you call him a pedophile! you have n o right to even speak that!!!! don’t you ever call him that again….WE LOVE U MJ
!@#$ the mj haters
January 7th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Michael Jackson was NOT a pedophile you fucking dumbass.
January 12th, 2010 at 11:11 am
TO WHOEVER WROTE THIS I HOPE U FUCKING DIE , PAINFULLY AT THAT
And to Kimmy . . . . That remark u made about MJ in reply to angela stating ” I’m pretty sure everyone knows when he died he was white . . , u know caucasion. ”
That showed your true ignorance , you trying to be a smart as made a fool out of yourself . If u had ANY sense you would know a persons changing skin discoloration , does not change their ” race ” ! Your skin can change from black to white . . . But Ur ” african american ” ethnicity stays within .
Ignorance is bliss ! !