Ok, this dubious Contact Music report is total bullshit, but man, imagine if it wasn’t?
Johnny Depp already almost got fired for playing his “Pirates Of the Caribbean” character as a gay and drunken Keith Richards, and his depiction of the Willy Wonka character in Tim Burton’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” was allegedly based on Michael Jackson.
So now apparently there’s talks of a Michael Jackson biopic with Depp in the lead. Ha ha, god, Contact Music will write pretty much any old dust of rumor they have come across. Amusing stuff though, for sure. Apparently an “insider” said, “There are a number of offers being drawn up with a variety of angles to tell Michael’s incredible life story. Some involve using archive footage of Michael and his family and footage from his live shows.”
Apparently Jamie Foxx’s name has been thrown around too. “A couple would even have an actor cast to play Michael. Foxx has been mentioned, as has Johnny Depp. It all depends on how his family decide to honor him.”
Don’t believe any of this for a second. But, we think it would be an amazing role for Depp to play. Like, he’d have to win an Academy Award, hands down, right?
Asked about playing the King of Pop in recently, (the rumor gets around fast) Depp denied that Jackson inspired his Willy Wonka. “I wish I could say that I was inspired by him for a role, I was inspired by him because I think he was a great artist but he was not the inspiration for Willy Wonka contrary to what most people say,” he said. As for playing MJ? Yeah, not gonna happen. “No no no, I never ever thought of playing Michael Jackson in a film, I think if anyone should play Michael Jackson in a film it should’ve been Michael Jackson.”