Dapper Dan
06-02-2005, 04:11 PM
Johnny Depp is Courted for Addict
Source: BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/4604205.stm)
June 2, 2005
The BBC reports that Johnny Depp is being courted to star in a film (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=9872#) about a drug addict who turns his life around after living on the streets of Wrexham. "Lord of the Rings (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=9872#)" trilogy and King Kong (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=9872#) star Andy Serkis will direct the movie (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=9872#).
Shooting of Addict, based on the best-selling biography of writer Stephen Smith, is to start this summer.
Mr Smith said he was in talks and hoped to sign up "Pirates of the Caribbean (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=9872#)" star Depp "within three weeks".
The 61-year-old writer said the film will be all about his life as a young man addicted to amphetamines who drifted into crime and ended up living on the streets of Wrexham for a few months.
Source: BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/4604205.stm)
June 2, 2005
The BBC reports that Johnny Depp is being courted to star in a film (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=9872#) about a drug addict who turns his life around after living on the streets of Wrexham. "Lord of the Rings (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=9872#)" trilogy and King Kong (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=9872#) star Andy Serkis will direct the movie (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=9872#).
Shooting of Addict, based on the best-selling biography of writer Stephen Smith, is to start this summer.
Mr Smith said he was in talks and hoped to sign up "Pirates of the Caribbean (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=9872#)" star Depp "within three weeks".
The 61-year-old writer said the film will be all about his life as a young man addicted to amphetamines who drifted into crime and ended up living on the streets of Wrexham for a few months.