Quick Take
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New and unimproved Johnny is shooting Black Mass in which he plays real life mob boss James Whitey Bulger who is currently serving two life sentences.
Benedict Cumberbatch plays Johnny's politician brother Bill Bulger and Black Mass also stars Sienna Miller, Joel Edgerton and Dakota Johnson.
Johnny has made a career out of playing outlaws of various hues - renegade pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, lonely semi-monster Edward Scissorhands, murderous barber Sweeney Todd, cocaine smuggler George Jung and, most notably, that other famous real life gangster John Dillinger to great acclaim in Public Enemies.
Despite the outlandish get ups and the caricature mannerisms that many of his roles required, Johnny was never considered anything less than a Hollywood heart throb.
And like this:
And now, he looks like this:
#BlackMass #movie pic.twitter.com/stzp7zhEEW
-- Johnny Depp (@J0HNNYDepp) May 27, 2014New and unimproved Johnny is shooting Black MassBlack MassPublic Enemies
On set ...new movie #Black Mass pic.twitter.com/Abuxz7jXIM
-- Johnny Depp (@J0HNNYDepp) May 15, 2014