Johnny Depp Denies Being Cast as The Riddler

Johnny Depp doesn't do a ton of interviews, and even when he does, he's not the most eloquent subject. No problem with that; he's an actor, not strictly speaking a spokesman. So it was a bit of a surprise to read, through various sources, that Depp surfaced on a radio interview in Florida. Comic Book Cynic was apparently the first to find the YouTube clip below, which is the audio for the most compelling part of the interview, at least for our purposes. As you probably know, Depp is a musician, and started his career as such before acting took center stage. He  reunited with his old band The Kids for a benefit concert this past Friday night, and prior to that event, he joined his bandmates (via phone) for an interview with Paul and Young Ron on Big 105.9 in Miami. He talks a little bit about his upcoming movies, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus (Depp, along with Colin Farrell and Jude Law, stepped in to replace Heath Ledger mid-production) and Public Enemies, in which he plays John Dillinger. Naturally, the hosts wanted to know about the rumors that Depp would be playing The Riddler in the next Batman movie. And naturally, there's nothing to it.

Q: Hey Johnny, a listener called in earlier said you have to ask about the rumors on the internet of you doing the Riddler.
A: Oh yeah, I heard about that. Not that I know of.
Q: You’d be a good choice.
A: It seems like it’d be a fun gig for a while, yeah.

We have been saying all along that while it's an almost-too-good-to-be-true scenario, we're not to that point yet. Some people just expect a screenplay to be written the week after The Dark Knight opens, and then the director calls the people he wants, and they put on a show in the front lawn. Takes years, particularly for something of this magnitude, and that's only magnified when you throw a script (that isn't even finished and may not even be started) at a guy as busy as Johnny Depp. Maybe it will happen, but not yet. And not for a while.

Feel free to listen to the entire interview to get more Depp updates.

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[sweatpant samurai]

He should play the mad hatter

[sweatpant samurai]

He should play the mad hatter