介绍:
On January 19th, Johnny Depp brought Paul Bettany and director David Koepp to London for the premiere of the upcoming black comedy "Mortdecai".
Adapted from the first installment of "The Mortdecai Trilogy" books by Kyril Bonfiglioli, the movie stars Depp as a charismatic art dealer on a mission to recover a stolen painting, rumored to contain the code to a bank account filled with Nazi gold.
Portraying the debonair and utterly charming Charles Mortdecai, Depp brought back all the ingredients of his recipe, such as exaggerated hand gestures, comically twirled mustache and an upper-crust accent.
The actor talked about his accent in the film.
"Well you know he can sort of show up now and again, haha! Isn't that weird they all live in there. Can't be good for you, just saying."
Paul Bettany joins him, to play Mortdecai's faithful servant.
"I think it's a really old tradition of comedies, you know, it's in Shakespeare, it's in Roman comedy, it's the clever servant and foolish master, is a delicious old place to work. And I think Jock, as much as he is irritated by his master's cowardliness and his ineptness, you know, he loves him and he's a firm believer in the class system and his place in the universe and his place is to occasionally be shot in the face by his boss."
On directing Depp, Koepp likened it to the unveiling of a mad man.
"I think you don't so much direct Johnny as you witness the release of a new character like a lunatic released from an asylum. I never really know who he's going to play until the first day of shooting the first take and I see him become that person"
"Mortdecai" is out in the United Kingdom on January 23, with other worldwide releases scheduled from January to March.
