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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this man is beautiful! i don’t care if men don’t like being called beautiful, this one is PERIOD =D!
Um Yes. Saturday, Sunday and twice on Monday if he wants it :o)
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.