Johnny Depp tells of ‘responsibility’ of playing gangster James Bulger

Johnny Depp has revealed he felt “a tremendous amount of responsibility” to portray the real-life Irish-American gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger.

Johnny Depp tells of ‘responsibility’ of playing gangster James Bulger

The Golden Globe-winning actor, star of films such as Pirates Of The Caribbean, The Lone Ranger, and Edward Scissorhands, admitted he felt some pressure to do the role justice as the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

“When you’re playing a fictional character, there’s room for... you can kind of stretch it out into strange places,” he said. “When you’re playing someone who either existed or exists, there’s a tremendous amount of responsibility, at least for me.

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