Johnny Depp Does ‘Vanity Fair’ Magazine
Johnny Depp, star of the upcoming film Public Enemies, is featured on the cover and in the pages of the new issue of Vanity Fair magazine. Altho Depp’s interview with the mag has yet to be published online, VF teases that it was conducted by contributing editor Douglas Brinkley on his private Caribbean island and gives some info on how the whole thing came about. Here is Johnny’s Vanity Fair coverphoto and the deets made available about the interview:
Ever wonder what it would be like to take a vacation with Johnny Depp on his private Caribbean island? Vanity Fair contributing editor Douglas Brinkley, who, like Depp, was a close friend of the late gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, did just that. As he reports in the July cover story, “Johnny Depp’s Great Escape,” it’s pretty damn great. With no handlers or publicists in sight, Brinkley, Depp, and three of the actor’s best friends set off from the Bahamas on Depp’s yacht to a 45-acre tropical paradise called Little Hall’s Pond Cay. Here are some choice nuggets from Brinkley’s travelogue:
About the yacht
• Depp’s yacht is a 156-foot, steam-powered boat called Vajoliroja, an amalgam of the names of his partner (singer/actress Vanessa Paradis), himself, and their children, Lily Rose and Jack. There are pirate-themed touches throughout, and the ship flies the Jolly Roger alongside its official Marshall Islands flag.
About the island
• Depp named one of the six beaches on his island Gonzo, for Hunter S. Thompson (others are named Paradis, Lily Rose, Jack, and Brando, after his partner, kids, and other great mentor). Gonzo Beach features glass tables with Thompson’s face etched in the center.
• Depp says, “I don’t think I’d ever seen any place so pure and beautiful. You can feel your pulse rate drop about 20 beats. It’s instant freedom.”
What they did for fun
• Snorkeled with barracudas, neon-colored fish, and nurse sharks in what Depp has named Heath’s place (after Heath Ledger)
• Watched lots of YouTube videos and Hollywood movies old and new, including Tropic Thunder. (“That’s the best I’ve ever seen Cruise,” Depp says of his fellow actor’s portrayal of a foul-mouthed studio boss.)
How Depp relaxes
• Depp’s hobbies include reading, playing guitar, and painting. “What I love to do is paint people’s faces, y’know, their eyes,” he says. “Because you want to find that emotion, see what’s going on behind their eyes.”
Depp also talks to Brinkley about the experience of filming his new movie, Public Enemies; his favorite Hollywood icon (and what she ordered when he had dinner with her); his approach to acting and the toll it can take on him; and which famous fictional character he’d like to play. To read the complete article, pick up the July issue of Vanity Fair, which is on newsstands in New York and Los Angeles on June 3, nationwide on June 9.
OMG … what a great opportunity for Brinkley and Vanity Fair — I don’t know that any other publication has ever been afforded this kind of opportunity. I cannot imagine what it must be like to have such access to Johnny Depp on his private island … insane! I must read this article when it gets released. In the meantime, we have a bunch of photos from this issue of VF to content ourselves with — check ‘em out after the jump …
Johnny Depp is just cool as hell. I am really looking forward to this VF piece as well as the release of his film Public Enemies this Summer.
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June 2nd, 2009 at 12:22 pm
damn, he’s fine
June 2nd, 2009 at 12:29 pm
that man is gorgeous!
*swoon*
June 2nd, 2009 at 12:32 pm
cool and GORGEOUS!!! Unlike Brad Pitt, this man is aging DAMN well!!
June 2nd, 2009 at 12:46 pm
It’s hard to believe it’s been twenty years since Jumpstreet! I watched with my kid & was struck by his talent and looks. Like Newman he’s never taken himself too seriously and worked at his craft and and let the hoopla flow without him. I am glad he has found happiness and peace.
June 2nd, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Johnny can do no wrong by me…his just damn fine!
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:04 pm
@ellenez — “Unlike Brad Pitt, this man is aging DAMN well!!” LMAOOOOOO, so true :)
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:06 pm
I love this man. He’s talented and humble not to mention easy on the eyes.
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:07 pm
oh johnny<3
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:27 pm
le sigh!
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:31 pm
I think they dwell too much upon the items he has attained instead of his inner soul which some of us can see.
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:46 pm
so beautiful….ohhh <3
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Ahh.. this man is so absolutely GORGEOUS. I WANT him!!!! *salivation*
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:20 pm
moist. he’s GREAT.
June 2nd, 2009 at 3:48 pm
That is a horrible cover and w/e Brad Pitt is still all kinds of yummy.
June 2nd, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Does this man just NOT AGE?! Good GRACIOUS he is just the definition of beautiful.
June 2nd, 2009 at 6:15 pm
ESTE HOMBRE ES UN MANGO!!
June 2nd, 2009 at 6:31 pm
sorry but ewwwwwww he looks so old were is photoshop when you need it
June 2nd, 2009 at 7:36 pm
he looks good!
June 2nd, 2009 at 8:20 pm
pic 2, right corner= oh god, please kiss me johnny <3
June 3rd, 2009 at 4:31 am
He is the most perfect man on Earth. And to have been able to hang out with Hunter S. Thompson! That would have been amazing.
June 3rd, 2009 at 6:12 am
it almost like he gets hotter with age.
sigh. such perfection.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:01 pm
this man is beautiful! i don’t care if men don’t like being called beautiful, this one is PERIOD =D!
June 4th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Um Yes. Saturday, Sunday and twice on Monday if he wants it :o)
June 4th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
OH Dear Johnny.
I’ve the biggest crush on him ever since I was a little girl, and I keep forgetting he’s old enough to be my father -_-
STILL. He’s the most beautiful man in the world, what can I say. I knew that when I was 10, still know it even as he is growing older.
And I’m 18. I can still hope now.
That’s so wrong.