Johnny Depp has been approached to play the legendary Mexican hero Pancho Villa but the RANGO star has second thoughts on playing the famous revolutionary.
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Online sites reported that Serbian director Emir Kusturica is helming a movie on the Mexican Robin Hood with Johnny Depp taking on the role and Salma Hayek co-starring. However, during a press conference for his animated film RANGO on Saturday, Johnny Depp revealed the project "is up in the air," for him as he is facing a "dilemma" in playing one of the "great heroes of Mexico". While he admires his friend and filmmaker Kusturica, he feels he is not the right choice to play the leader of the 1910 Mexican revolution. "I feel like it should be played by a Mexican not some mug from Kentucky. I feel very strongly about that."
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According to Depp who is part Cherokee, the project is "floating at the moment" but he didn't indicate definitively whether he was passing on the film. He did, however, say that the two-time Canne's Palm d'Or winning director will do "something very special" with the film. Depp previously worked with Kusturica on Arizona Dream (1993).
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Johnny Depp's next film is the animated RANGO out in theaters March 4, 2011.
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History of On Screen Pancho Villas
In previous Hollywood films, Pancho Villa has yet to be played by a Mexican actor. Yul Brenner
(Villa Rides, 1968) and Terry Savalas (Vendetta, 1973) played the revolutionary. Spanish actor Antonio Banderas took on the legendary role in HBO's And Starring Pancho Villa Himself (2003). Another famous actor to play a Mexican hero -- Marlon Brandon in Viva Zapata! (1952).