| Johnny Refuses to be Good in Latest Film Role
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Director Laurence Dunmore, Samantha Morton, Johnny Depp and John Malkovich at the premiere of their film The Libertine
Johnny Depp seems none too keen to get out of period dress. Having delighted fans by reprising his roguish turn in Pirates Of The Caribbean, the heart-throb's latest film sees him back in breeches playing another bad boy.
In The Libertine he portrays the curly-locked Earl of Rochester, a debauched 17th-century poet, who squanders his talent after succumbing to alcoholism and disease. For the flick's world premiere the 42-year-old actor had gone for a slightly less flamboyant look, arriving in a dapper brown suit.
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Johnny plays a depraved 17th-century poet who upsets the establishment with his scurrilous writings
Also sharing the limelight was the film's love interest Samantha Morton, in a daring plunge-backed purple dress, and John Malkovich, who as Charles II is the target of Rochester's scurrilous humour.
The film was screened as part of a special tribute to two-time Oscar nominee Johnny by the American Film Institute. At the gala AFI director Chris Gaines singled out the star for his versatility, saying: "He can straddle the line between being someone who has a filmography of risky, edgy roles, yet who is always interesting in his more mainstream roles…He straddles those two worlds seemingly effortlessly."
The Libertine goes on general release in the UK on November 18 and in the USA on January 13, 2006.
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