Johnny Depp talks Dark Shadows
Johnny Depp did an interview with Hunter Daniels for his new movie, Rango.
I am not excited about that movie, but Dark Shadows....oh yeah!
You’ve been talking about Dark Shadows for a very long time. There have been a couple of
different versions, there was an older TV series, a newer TV series, and then your film.
What is your version of Dark Shadows going to be like and are you excited to film it?
DEPP: I’m very excited to film it. You know, it’s something that Tim and I have talked about for a
number of years because we were both fans. As kids, you know, you run home at three ‘o clock
in the afternoon to go watch this gothic soap opera on television with vampires and everything.
So our version, I guess, there’s something that’s very interesting coming from the screenplay
and from the talks that Tim and I have had which is it retains that sort of bizarre distance that
everyone has with one another in terms of the characters. Maybe Barnabus, in this version, is
maybe a little bit more, maybe waxes a little more poetic now and again, you know? But it’s
definitely in keeping with the original series.
Here is a link to the interview. I was in high school when it came out and loved the series.
By today's standards, it looks cheesy now. Back then it was so original and sorta campy.
I am not excited about that movie, but Dark Shadows....oh yeah!
You’ve been talking about Dark Shadows for a very long time. There have been a couple of
different versions, there was an older TV series, a newer TV series, and then your film.
What is your version of Dark Shadows going to be like and are you excited to film it?
DEPP: I’m very excited to film it. You know, it’s something that Tim and I have talked about for a
number of years because we were both fans. As kids, you know, you run home at three ‘o clock
in the afternoon to go watch this gothic soap opera on television with vampires and everything.
So our version, I guess, there’s something that’s very interesting coming from the screenplay
and from the talks that Tim and I have had which is it retains that sort of bizarre distance that
everyone has with one another in terms of the characters. Maybe Barnabus, in this version, is
maybe a little bit more, maybe waxes a little more poetic now and again, you know? But it’s
definitely in keeping with the original series.
Here is a link to the interview. I was in high school when it came out and loved the series.
By today's standards, it looks cheesy now. Back then it was so original and sorta campy.