Work - Part 2

  1. In 1993, Johnny starred alongside Juliette Lewis and a young Leonardo DiCaprio in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. He said that he felt so bad having to ridicule ‘Momma’ that he would often apologise to the actress after filming!
  2. Although initially a box office failure, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is now considered a cult film. When writer Hunter S. Thompson met with Johnny, he insisted that nobody else would be able to portray him so well. Johnny stayed in Hunter’s ‘dungeon’ whilst rehearsing his character and recalls lighting up a cigarette and reading a book in the evenings, only to realise on the sixth night that he was sharing a room filled with gun powder kegs! When he mentioned this, Hunter just responded with a laugh...
  3. Johnny and Tim Burton teamed up again in 1999 to film Sleepy Hollow, playing Ichabod Crane. The film grossed around $207 million worldwide.
  4. In 2001, Johnny played the role of Police Officer Frederick Abberline in the film From Hell which is loosely based on the comic book series by Alan Moore.
  5. In 2002, Johnny signed on to star in his biggest role yet as Captain Jack Sparrow in Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean - a film based on their well-known theme park ride. Four films later (and with a further two confirmed) the series is one of the ten highest grossing of all time.
  6. In 2009, Johnny - along with Jude Law and Colin Farrell - agreed to continue filming Heath Ledger’s role in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. The three actors generously gave their salaries to Heath’s daughter Matilda.
  7. In 2010, Johnny starred alongside Angelina Jolie in the remake of the French film Anthony Zimmer. It had to be shot in just eleven months because Johnny was due to begin filming the fourth instalment of Pirates of the Caribbean.
  8. In 2012, 21 Jump Street - the 1987 television series that made Johnny so popular amongst teenage girls - was made into a film starring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill. In this remake, Johnny appears briefly as agent Tom Hanson.
  9. In 2013, Johnny will be starring in The Lone Ranger - based on an old Western series of the same title which will be distributed by Disney.
  10. Johnny has currently worked with Tim Burton on 8 Films including: Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, Sweeney Todd, Alice in Wonderland and Dark Shadows.