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New Johnny Depp Interview Regarding Dark Shadows

May 7, 2011 by Ed Gross
Filed under Features, Movie of Dark Shadows, News of Dark Shadows

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Entertainment Weekly has conducted an interview with Johnny Depp — mostly to talk about the forthcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, but a portion of the interview does turn to the subject of Dark Shadows and his portrayal of vampire Barnabas Collins.

“Barnabas Collins… I do remember, very vividly, practically sprinting home from school in the afternoon to see Jonathan Frid play Barnabas Collins,” says Depp. “Even then, at that age, I knew – this has got to be weird. I loved it. I loved the show. This soap opera with gothic vampires. I knew, ‘This is not All My Children.’ As naïve as the early, early episodes are, in his approach to Barnabas, Frid was such a striking presence, there’s definitely a sliver of him [in the new version. What I’d like to do with him is maybe stretch him out a bit — in the extreme. Just ever so slightly take him a little further, beyond what may be considered … corny. I’ve always sort of liked that. The idea that maybe you’ve got to go through bad acting to get to what may be really bad acting or — something interesting.”

http://www.blogofdarkshadows.com/2011/05/07/new-johnny-depp-interview-regarding-dark-shadows/

New Johnny Depp Interview Regarding Dark Shadows

May 7, 2011 by Ed Gross
Filed under Features, Movie of Dark Shadows, News of Dark Shadows

12 Comments

Entertainment Weekly has conducted an interview with Johnny Depp — mostly to talk about the forthcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, but a portion of the interview does turn to the subject of Dark Shadows and his portrayal of vampire Barnabas Collins.

“Barnabas Collins… I do remember, very vividly, practically sprinting home from school in the afternoon to see Jonathan Frid play Barnabas Collins,” says Depp. “Even then, at that age, I knew – this has got to be weird. I loved it. I loved the show. This soap opera with gothic vampires. I knew, ‘This is not All My Children.’ As naïve as the early, early episodes are, in his approach to Barnabas, Frid was such a striking presence, there’s definitely a sliver of him [in the new version. What I’d like to do with him is maybe stretch him out a bit — in the extreme. Just ever so slightly take him a little further, beyond what may be considered … corny. I’ve always sort of liked that. The idea that maybe you’ve got to go through bad acting to get to what may be really bad acting or — something interesting.”


I would love it if Johnny played him corny like. I cannot wait to see this movie.

I like that he's a fan of the original, and Jonthan Frid has already confirmed that he will have something to do with the new movie, but come on, there's only one Barnabas!

And Helena Bonham Carter as Julia Hoffman? :rolleyes: Really, who's kidding who?

Barnabas should not be played as "camp". To me that's a buzzword for parody, and you can say what you want about DS, but for many people the emotions and mood of that show struck a chord because of their genuineness.

I know I'm supposed to "give everything a chance" but there is nothing that I know about this movie that says it will recapture the atmosphere and mood of the original, or make me have any interest in it.

Barnabas should not be played as "camp". To me that's a buzzword for parody, and you can say what you want about DS, but for many people the emotions and mood of that show struck a chord because of their genuineness.

I know I'm supposed to "give everything a chance" but there is nothing that I know about this movie that says it will recapture the atmosphere and mood of the original, or make me have any interest in it.

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This movie shouldn't be made in the first place. Whenever Hollywood makes a movie about a TV show, its always crap. This is no exception.

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Thanks! :wave: