Did you know Johnny Depp became an actor because he needed to pay rent? Read on
Johnny Depp revealed that he took up acting career only because he needed to pay rent. The actor made his acting debut at the age of 21 with A Nightmare on Elm Street.
In Short
- Johnny Depp made his acting debut in 1984.
- In an interview earlier, he had said that he became an actor by accident.
- Johnny took up acting career because he needed to pay rent.
Johnny Depp is one of the most bankable stars in world cinema. However, not many know that he became an actor not by choice but accident. Johnny was also interested in being a musician, but destiny had other bigger plans for him. He took up acting career only because he was in need of money and had to pay his rent. And look how his career took off! Meanwhile, Johnny Depp recently won a defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard.
HOW JOHNNY DEPP BECAME AN ACTOR BY ACCIDENT...
A few years ago, Johnny Depp appeared on Jonesy’s Jukebox radio talk show and revealed that he stumbled into acting while he was trying to pursue his music career as a teenager. “I’ve (been a musician) since I was little. I have played since I was 12. I started playing clubs when I was like 13 in Miami,” Johnny said. He added, “I needed to pay rent and somebody told me, ‘why don’t you go meet an agent. My agent is with Nick Cage, so she sent me on an audition for something and I got it,” he added. Johnny said it wasn’t until his band broke up that he considered acting full-time. “It seemed like a good way to pay the rent for a minute.”
JOHNNY DEPP'S ACTING CAREER
Johnny Depp has an illustrious acting career. He made his debut in the film industry in 1984 with A Nightmare on Elm Street. He was just 21 years old then. He later appeared in films such as What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Benny and Joon, Donnie Brasco, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Alice in Wonderland and many more. In the 2000s, he played the role of Captain Jack Sparrow in the Walt Disney's film series Pirates of the Caribbean (20032017). It was a big hit that made him famous worldwide.
Johnny's last film Minamata, was released in 2020 and was based on the book of the same name by Aileen Mioko Smith and W. Before this, he appeared in the 2019 film Waiting for the Barbarians. Johnny is all set to make his French film debut with La Favourite. In the film, he will portray King Louis XV.