My Artwork Made Johnny Depp Shy Away
The last week was rather exciting for Deppsters, as the European premieres for Johnny's new film "Public Enemies" (directed by Michael Mann) in London and Paris took place.
In this shaky video of the premiere in London you can see Johnny speed signing. At 0:18 min. he's just about to sign a printout of one of my drawings (no, it's not visible in that clip), then he suddenly shys away! What has happened? Is my art that frighteningly bad, you may ask??!
;-)
Well, let's start from the beginning.
I SO would have loved to go to one of the premieres, but alas, it was not meant to be, since my working schedule threw a spanner in my plans. :-( Oh well.
A friend of mine was going to attend the premiere in London though, and I asked her if she would be so kind to take one of my Johnny drawings with her and try to give it as a present to him. Very graciously, she agreed.
I decided to make a high quality printout of my John Wilmot drawing (Johnny is a big admirer of the second Earl of Rochester), signed it (er, usually, it's the other way round...), put it in a sheet protector and off it went to London, nice and secure in the suitcase of my friend. It's the drawing I posted here: http://whiteling.livejournal.com/30042.html#cutid1)
My friend was very fortunate - she managed to snatch a place in the fan's front row and after long hours of waiting in front of the cinema, Mr. Depp's signing session started eventually. Johnny made his way along the line and when he finally had reached my friend she gave him a few bracelets and had two postcards signed by him. In the end, she held out my drawing to him. But before my friend had had the chance to tell him that it'd be a present for him, he already had started to sign the picture, so my friend spontaneously cried out (most probably with a slight tinge of hysteria in her voice): "NONONONONO!" He immediately twitched back and for a milli-second looked quite puzzled at my friend, obviously thinking "Oh! What have I done?!" My friend: "No, this is for you!" Johnny, smiling: "That is for me? Oh, thank you", took it and handed it on to his assistant. (Luckily, the drawing was still in the sheet protector by the time Johnny touched it with his pen. :-D)
So, after all, it seems that it was not necessarily the quality of my art in the first place that made him jump a little... *phew*
;-)
In this shaky video of the premiere in London you can see Johnny speed signing. At 0:18 min. he's just about to sign a printout of one of my drawings (no, it's not visible in that clip), then he suddenly shys away! What has happened? Is my art that frighteningly bad, you may ask??!
;-)
Well, let's start from the beginning.
I SO would have loved to go to one of the premieres, but alas, it was not meant to be, since my working schedule threw a spanner in my plans. :-( Oh well.
A friend of mine was going to attend the premiere in London though, and I asked her if she would be so kind to take one of my Johnny drawings with her and try to give it as a present to him. Very graciously, she agreed.
I decided to make a high quality printout of my John Wilmot drawing (Johnny is a big admirer of the second Earl of Rochester), signed it (er, usually, it's the other way round...), put it in a sheet protector and off it went to London, nice and secure in the suitcase of my friend. It's the drawing I posted here: http://whiteling.livejournal.com/30042.html#cutid1)
My friend was very fortunate - she managed to snatch a place in the fan's front row and after long hours of waiting in front of the cinema, Mr. Depp's signing session started eventually. Johnny made his way along the line and when he finally had reached my friend she gave him a few bracelets and had two postcards signed by him. In the end, she held out my drawing to him. But before my friend had had the chance to tell him that it'd be a present for him, he already had started to sign the picture, so my friend spontaneously cried out (most probably with a slight tinge of hysteria in her voice): "NONONONONO!" He immediately twitched back and for a milli-second looked quite puzzled at my friend, obviously thinking "Oh! What have I done?!" My friend: "No, this is for you!" Johnny, smiling: "That is for me? Oh, thank you", took it and handed it on to his assistant. (Luckily, the drawing was still in the sheet protector by the time Johnny touched it with his pen. :-D)
So, after all, it seems that it was not necessarily the quality of my art in the first place that made him jump a little... *phew*
;-)