30 Fun Facts From Johnny Depp Fans About His Films That You May Not Have Known

If you love Johnny Depp and all his movies, then you'll love hearing these fun facts about them.

Daphnie

• Published in Film & TV
• May 29, 2022

If there's one person we're hearing a lot about right now it is Johnny Depp. Now, Johnny Depp is a famous movie star who has given us many different iconic and classic films.

He's a very talented actor and overall is a favorite of many people. You may know him from "The Pirates of the Caribbean" movie series or "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."

No matter which movie you know him from, there are actually many hidden fun facts about these films and the roles he played in them. KNowing behind-the-scenes information about movies is so exciting and it really helps to see into the life of the actor as they're filming.

Johnny Depp has played in many movies, so that means we have a lot of o fun facts to give out about his time filming with them. We've gathered 30 awesome fun facts and details about the films that Johnny Depp has played in, from things like inside jokes with the makeup team to adopting animals he worked with on set.

Whether you're a Johnny Depp super fan or someone who's just seen him in one movie, you're sure to enjoy these awesome facts. Here are 30 fun facts from Johnny Depp films.

1. Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

In this movie, Johnny Depp sang a song called "I've Got A Jar Of Dirt" and what many don't know is that he actually improvised that song and made it up on the spot. So the actors' reactions in the background are completely genuine.

2. Sleepy Hollow

Johnny Depp actually adopted the horse that he rode on in Sleepy Hollow.

3. Rango

In Rango, actors actually performed like they were being filmed live. Here's a peek at Johnny Depp doing this.

4. Fantastic Beasts

Johnny Depp accepted a role in Fantastic Beasts without even looking over the script first. He said he was a fan of the series and took the role immediately.

5. Pirates of the Caribbean series

Throughout the whole series of Pirates of the Caribbean Jack Sparrow has a red spot on his jaw. This red spot is supposed to be Syphilis and is a joke between him and the makeup team.

It gets progressively worse as the series goes on.

6. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

In the POTC movies, Jack Sparrow's hats are made of rubber because he kept throwing them overboard and losing them. Eventually, they began making them of rubber so they'd float instead of sink.

7. Edward Scissorhands

Johnny Depp actually convinced Winona Ryder to star with him in Edward Scissorhands even after she'd accepted a part in The Godfather III, which she later quit to be in Edward Scissorhands.

8. Charlie And The Chocolates Factory

Instead of using CGI for the squirrels, they actually trained 40 squirrels to crack nuts and drop them onto the conveyor belts.

9. Pirates of the Caribbean

The role of Jack Sparrow was written for Johnny Depp and the concept art was done before Johnny's input.

10. Dark Shadows

In the film Dark Shadows, they removed every blink and reflection of Johnny in order to keep the portrayal of a vampire.

11. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Willy Wonka is showing his teeth so much because of the trauma from his father being a dentist.

12. Sweeney Todd

In this movie, Johnny Depp actually makes the razor duller which causes a more painful murder.

13. Pirates of the Caribbean

Johnny Depp improvised Jack Sparrow's "Savvy?" catch phrase.

14. A Nightmare On Elm Street

In this film, the scene where blood is rushing to the ceiling was actually filmed using an upside-down set. It was filmed with the director strapped to the wall in race car seats in order to get the clip.

15. Alice In Wonderland

The Mad Hatter is mad because the hat factory worked around mercury which is known to cause many side effects such as chronic intoxication and behavioral altercations.

16. Donnie Brasco

Johnny Depp took shooting lessons from the FBI in order to prepare for this film.

17. What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Johnny Depp admittedly said he was a bully to Leonardo Dicaprio on this set, but says he doesn't know why, but he was just going through a hard time.

18. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Jack Sparrow had his mother's shrunken head tied to his belt. This can be seen multiple times throughout the films.

19. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

In this movie, the author is actually spotted for a second in a scene. He's seen in a flashback where Johnny Depp is walking in slow motion through a group of hippies.

20. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Jack has a very distinct "X" on his face and this was actually Johnny Depp's idea. He said that a cut is just a cut but an "X" must have been deliberately put there.

21. Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

In Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales they actually de-aged Keith Richards as the father of Jack Sparrow.

22. Pirates of the Caribbean

In the Pirates of the Caribbean films they used smudges and clothing to hide Johnny's tattoos.

23. Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl

In Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl Jack Sparrow's pistol is the only real gun in the movie.

24. Alice In Wonderland

Johnny Depp hated all of the green screen filming needed for Alice In Wonderland.

25. Rango

In Rango, Rango slams into the window of "Hunter S. Thompson" and there's actually a connection between Thompson, Johnny Depp, and In fear and Loathing In Las Vegas.

26. 21 Jump Street

Johnny Depp's character in 21 Jump Street is actually called DB, which is a reference to Donnie Brasco.

27. The Lone Ranger

Johnny Depp actually fell off his horse and was dragged during the making of The Lone Ranger.

28. Secret Window & Black Mass

In Secret Window there is a line where he says "Her death will be a mystery, even to me" at the end of the movie. While in Black Mass almost the same line was used in response to Whitey Bulger when he says "It's a mystery, even to me."

29. Mortdecai

In this film, the etching that leads Johnny Depp to the goya painting is a real lithograph of a famous Bruges masterpiece that was edited to include the goya.

30. The Rum Diary

Johnny Depp met Amber Heard for the first time while filming The Rum Diary.

After hearing all this about Johnny Depp, I think it's a light to be able to hear some fun facts about the movies he's been in. It turns out there Johnny has had an extensive career in filmmaking and he has made a lot of calls when it comes to the movies he's been in.

Which fun fact was your favorite?

Daphnie