Johnny Depp never plays a character unless it’s different and intriguing.  He is never the ordinary person in his films.  Lately, his name is making noise again in Hollywood for his most recent flick, Public Enemies.  In this Michael Mann directed film, Marion Cotillard plays his love interest. 

Depp was rumored to have left a very hefty tip while dining in Chicago last week.  Chicago was the setting of the new gangster movie.   He was dining with co-star and director at Gibsons Steakhouse and left well past midnight.  The unsuspecting waiter, Mohammaed A. Sekhani reportedly received a $4,000 tip from the star.

More than Public Enemies though, what is more interesting is the movie which he also stars in, Alice in Wonderland.  He will play the role of the Mad Hatter.  I love the imaginative fantasy of Alice in Wonderland when I was young, but the Mad Hatter in the book really gave me the creeps.  I wonder how Depp will fair in the role and Tim Burton behind the camera.  I like Tim’s eerie creative take on films.

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Interestingly, Helena Bonham Carter is in the same film playing the Red Queen.  She is married to Burton.  Carter and Depp have both worked together during the filming of Sweeney Todd.

I am really excited to catch Alice in Wonderland.  Anne Hathaway plays the White Queen, Matt Lucas as Tweedledee and Tweedledum, while Mia Wasikowska plays Alice.

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Mia Wasikowska is a 19-year old Australian actress who earned critical praise in the HBO drama, “In Treatment.”  She was named Variety Magazine’s “10 actors to watch.”

Burton apparently chose her because of a certain emotional toughness reflected in her face… that makes her kind of an older person but with a younger person’s mentality.  Alice will be the only character in Wonderland who isn’t enhanced in some degree with makeup or digital manipulation.