You see, for one day in April 2008, some filming for the movie, "Public Enemies"
took place in this very venue. That would mean Johnny Depp (among many other talented people in the cast) worked as well in this same theatre. (Of course, there are other legends who have performed on this very stage, not just "in a seat", but on the stage, such as Tony Bennett, etc. That's another subject but just the same of a thrill for me.) Okay, this is the way I see it. I admire JD's work ( a lot of it, anyway). He's in show business. I'm in show business (Different, uh, "level", I know, but we both entertain for a living). So it's inspiring to be working in the same place as said sometimes-pirate. Savy? Kind of like a brotherhood of show biz-like types.
Here's a little story: Our stage manager for the night at the Paramount told us that as she was "just doing her job" during the April shoot, making sure the wrong people were not passing into the sacred inner filming sanctum, this guy tried to get in the side door of the theatre, and she was like, "Excuse me sir, can I help you"? Little did she know, it was Johnny Depp just trying to get to "his seat" (See photo below). She didn't believe it was him at first until finally to convince her he belonged he had to say to her, "I'm Johnny Depp". [!]
She told me she didn't recognize him without his pirate makeup!
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| Sneaking away from soundcheck and looking inconspicuous in the Johnny Depp chair (Sorry, looking the wrong way-see below) |
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Here he is. There I was.
Was that cool or what?! ~ sp |
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