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December 10, 2004
Separated at birth?
I just saw the trailer for the upcoming Tim Burton version of the head trip for aging drug users that is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Johnny Depp is playing Willy Wonka, the role pioneered by scary, googly-eyed, white-man 'froed Gene Wilder. (Who's more terrifying - Robert Helpmann as the child-sniffer in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang or Wilder as Wonka? Discuss amongst yourselves.) Anyway, after using Keith Richards as his inspiration for Pirates of the Caribbean, Depp appears to channel yet another fashion icon for Wonka. With his black bob, red lipstick, and outsize sunglasses, Depp looks uncannily like Anna Wintour, the pencil-thin editor of Vogue, who is going blonde with age. But perhaps Depp is slightly prettier? (Go to Gawker to see the amazing resemblance.)
Also, what is up with Depp and his obsession with funky fake teeth? I get the gold teeth as Captain Jack Sparrow, the missing front teeth for Ed Wood, but why the odd dentures for Wonka?
Posted by oko at December 10, 2004 10:38 PM
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