Dec 3 2009Johnny Depp To Don Bandoliers, Sombrero
Whether you consider Pancho Villa a criminal, a Robin Hood, or "Quick Draw McGraw's sidekick?", his story is undoubtedly an intriguing one (and one I won't go into in detail here, because that would require a lot of research to fill in my fuzzy notions of anything he did). The important thing is Pancho Villa is a pretty good story, and thus our premier Mexican actor, Johnny Depp, will be portraying the man on screen alongside Salma Hayek:
Serbian helmer Emir Kusturica is in advanced negotiations for Johnny Depp to star as Mexican revolutionary hero Pancho Villa in his upcoming biopic titled "Seven Friends of Pancho Villa and the Woman With Six Fingers."Salma Hayek is also in advanced talks to co-star in the pic.
The Spanish-language biopic is to be shot partly in Mexico, where Villa -- an early 20th-century bandit who became a guerilla fighter and a hero to the poor -- is an iconic historical figure. Depp will act in Spanish, Kusturica said.
The script is based on the biographical novel “The Friends of Pancho Villa,” in which author James Carlos Blake recounts how Villa and his compadres had a great time fighting and robbing the rich, but also dancing, partying and making love.
Johnny Depp can act in Spanish too? God, that just makes him that much more dreamy! He's like Antonio Banderas and Johnny Depp rolled into one!*
*Just the language of Antonio Banderas. Otherwise he's still just Johnny Depp.
Reader Comments
1. Seargent Poop - December 3, 2009 5:40 PM
Vincent Chase did something similar...it didn't work out very well for him.
2. Chompy - December 3, 2009 5:56 PM
PAncho Villa.
3. Leonidas Smith - December 3, 2009 6:17 PM
@2: No, it's "Poncho." His mother named him after her jacket.
4. Sancho - December 3, 2009 11:44 PM
First, since when is Johnny Depp Mexican? Second, if he were Mexican I would hardly call him "our premier Mexican actor". I think we can all agree that distinction has to go to one Mario Aula Lopez Jr.
5. Jiggle John - December 4, 2009 4:20 AM
I can see Johnjohn fighting, robbing the rich, dancing and partying. Mostly dancing. But making love? Sounds very dubious.
6. che-che - December 4, 2009 11:27 AM
pretty sure its PANCHO! its short for Francisco.
pinche gabacho. ni sabes lo que dices, guey!
what the hell is this bull. pancho was a pudgy bastard i cant see johnny depp overweight or mexican. arent there plenty mexican or latin actors out there to do this role better, and someone who understands the history. my god man!!
you gueros, have to mess up everything. on the plus side salma hayek!
7. che-che - December 4, 2009 11:35 AM
ruben blades. there i said it. i fixed the casting issue.
8. Mark - December 4, 2009 11:49 AM
WHOOPS. Alright, I fixed how I misspelled Pancho. Sorry I sometimes just go for obviously-wrong phonetics rather than correct spelling.
9. Leonidas - December 4, 2009 1:29 PM
@6: No, it's "Poncho." His mother named him after her jacket.
10. boobs - December 4, 2009 3:58 PM
@3,9
and were you named after the historical figure Leonidas, or do you use that name since 300 came out?
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12. And Starring Pancho Villa As Himself - February 2, 2010 4:02 AM
Antonio Banderas already made this movie a few years ago.
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