Did you know that Johnny Depp made his screen debut in the great horror classic? The American, barely 20 years old at the time, played a secondary role in the first part of the nine-film cult saga.
In 1984, Johnny Depp was an unknown, far from the international star he would become, especially with his role as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean, a saga from which he believed he would be fired from the filming of the first installment. No, in the mid-80s, the young American was an anonymous person who didn’t even want to be an actor. What he wants to do is be a musician.
The story is funny: it is Nicolas Cage with whom Johnny Depp There is a friend who will step on the actor. “We were good friends, and when he was winning a game of Monopoly, I looked at him and said, ‘Why don’t you try acting?’Cage said in 2019 at the microphone of the New York Times. “He wanted to break into music at the time and said, ‘No, I can’t play.’
Nicolas Cage He insisted and arranged a meeting between his agent and Johnny Depp, which resulted in an audition for the horror film Nightcrawler, starring the creepy Freddy Krueger. The actor will get an important role thanks to successful casting, but also because according to director Wes Craven, his daughter and friend of the latter He would be especially fascinated by the photo of the young man.
One of Scary Freddy’s many victims…
In Freddy – Chapter 1: NightclawsThe first part of Freddy’s saga was released in French cinemas in early 1985. Johnny Depp Plays Glenn Lantz, the boyfriend of the character played by Heather Langenkamp. After falling asleep, his character dies in a very gruesome scene, which can be found below.
Be warned, this extract is particularly violent and should therefore be reserved for informed audiences.
Johnny Depp It seems that this first experience as an actor was taken very seriously. “He really worked hard to be Glenn.”said actress Heather Langenkamp in the Inside of You podcast. “I can’t tell if he enjoyed being in the movie because he was so involved and serious about what he was doing.
After the game Freddy – Chapter 1: NightclawsJohnny Depp got one of the main roles in the TV series 21 Jump Street in 1987, which brought him great fame. Then comes Cry-Baby and Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands. Everyone knows the rest…
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