In addition to the look and smile of the children’s show hosts that influenced Johnny Depp in his turn as Willy Wonka in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” the actor noted how the hosts spoke on their programs stood out to him as a young child.
“I distinctly remember, even at that age, their speech pattern and their kind of musical quality of the way they’re speaking to the camera, to the children,” Depp recalled at the event attended by IGN. “I thought, even then, it was really strange. I thought it was super bizarre because it was all, “Hello, children. How are you?” You know, that kind of thing.”
Johnny Depp’s best movie roles often include the actor in elaborate costumes, from his turns in “Edward Scissorhands” and “The Pirates of the Caribbean” films to “Sleepy Hollow,” “Alice in Wonderland,” and “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.” Sometimes, as in the case of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” not only did his costume help inform Depp’s role, but the veneers he used to flash Wonka’s pearly white smile changed the way he looked.
“It was incredibly important to have a feel for it and to be able to put that costume on and click those veneers into my mouth and the teeth, which actually changed the shape of my face a little bit,” Depp told reporters at the press gathering.
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