Johnny Depp will be swapping his sword for a chocolate bar in his next big screen role.
The star will play Willy Wonka in a new adaptation of Roald Dahl classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory from Tim Burton.
Speaking to MTV, Depp said he was looking forward to the new project. "t's gonna be a wild ride," he said. "Tim and I have had a couple of meetings, sat down and had some talks about where he wants to go, where we need to go. And I think it's gonna be great, you know?
"Big shoes [to fill], though. Gene Wilder did such an awesome job in that film in the early '70s, so I mean, taking that character of Willy Wonka and going somewhere completely different is ... he sort of made the job infinitely more difficult for me."
The star will play Willy Wonka in a new adaptation of Roald Dahl classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory from Tim Burton.
Speaking to MTV, Depp said he was looking forward to the new project. "t's gonna be a wild ride," he said. "Tim and I have had a couple of meetings, sat down and had some talks about where he wants to go, where we need to go. And I think it's gonna be great, you know?
"Big shoes [to fill], though. Gene Wilder did such an awesome job in that film in the early '70s, so I mean, taking that character of Willy Wonka and going somewhere completely different is ... he sort of made the job infinitely more difficult for me."
