Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Johnny Depp | GUNS BLAZING Box office poison? Nope -- with ''Mexico,'' Depp proves a viable star
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GUNS BLAZING Box office poison? Nope -- with ''Mexico,'' Depp proves a viable star

After that, there are a couple of possibilities. One is picking up where he left off on Terry Gilliam's ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' -- the movie whose disastrous unraveling was documented earlier this year in ''Lost in La Mancha.'' Another possibility is reuniting with frequent collaborator Tim Burton to remake ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.'' While it's not a done deal, Depp sees ''Wonka'' as the ultimate without-a-net challenge. ''You'll never escape that memory that's seared into your consciousness of Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka,'' he admits. ''It was really amazing to watch as a kid growing up, and I've watched it with my kids. So it's just, Okay, where do I go from there? Gene Wilder did something very beautiful and it's time to take it somewhere else.''

Depp doubts that Burton will make him belt out musical numbers like Wilder did in the original, but he's not exactly opposed to the idea, either.

''Sure, why not?''

Because you've never sung before...

''That's all right.''

Aren't you scared of anything?

Pause...

''Clowns.''

(This is an online-only excerpt from Entertainment Weekly's Sept. 19, 2003, cover story.)

Originally posted Sep 10, 2003 Published in issue #729 Sep 19, 2003 Order article reprints
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