Speak about a Depp-arture.
Johnny Depp has traded “The Rum Diary” for day ingesting within the first take a look at his new movie “Day Drinker,” the place he seems almost unrecognizable.
With lengthy salt-and-pepper hair pulled again, save for 2 lengthy tendrils framing his face, a bushy grey beard and what seems to be blue or inexperienced contact lenses (Depp has brown eyes), the Pirates of the Caribbean star appears to be like dramatically completely different than audiences are used to seeing him.
Depp additionally cuts a suave determine, wearing a navy double-breasted swimsuit and a blue French cuff button-down shirt worn with no necktie as he holds a cocktail and gazes ominously within the distance.
Helmed by “The Amazing Spider-Man” and “Snow White” director Marc Webb, “Day Drinker” co-stars 27-year-old “Outer Banks” star Madelyn Cline and reunites Depp, 61, with frequent collaborator Penélope Cruz. The pair have starred alongside each other in three earlier movies: “Blow,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” and “Murder on the Orient Express.”
Centered on a private-yacht bartender (Cline) who encounters a mysterious, onboard visitor (Depp), “Day Drinker” follows the the duo as they quickly discover themselves caught up with a prison determine (Cruz) and related in methods nobody noticed coming.
“Day Drinker” is Depp’s most notable film for the reason that fallout from his extremely publicized authorized battles with ex-wife Amber Heard.
Whereas he has been lively in recent times — starring within the French historic drama “Jeanne du Barry” and directing movie “Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness” — these initiatives skewed as extra arthouse fare. In contrast, “Day Drinker” is Depp’s most business and studio-backed effort in years, signaling a change in fortune for the star.
Along with releasing the primary photograph of Depp on Monday, film studio Lionsgate introduced 4 new forged members had come aboard the mission: Manu Ríos, Arón Piper, Juan Diego Botto and Anika Boyle.
Ríos, 26, made a reputation for himself taking part in reverse Piper, 28, within the breakout Netflix collection “Élite.” He additionally stars in one other present for the streamer, “Breathless,” which is predicted to drop its second season quickly, and acted alongside Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke in Pedro Almodóvar’s 2023 movie “Strange Way of Life.”
Except for “Élite,” Piper has appeared on exhibits similar to “El Silencio” and “El Desorden Que Dejas” (“The Mess You Leave Behind”). Final 12 months Piper starred within the film “The Courier.”
Botto, 49, has appeared in quite a lot of movies, together with “The Room Next Door,” “En Los Márgenes” (“On the Fringe”) and “The Suicide Squad.” His tv work spans collection like “Good Behavior,” “White Lines” and “I Don’t Like Driving.”
He additionally wrote and carried out the acclaimed solo stage manufacturing “Una Noche Sin Luna” (“A Moonless Night”).
Boyle originated the function of Alice Creel within the West Finish premiere of “Stranger Things: The First Shadow.” She stars as Violetta within the upcoming six-part drama “Summerwater” on Britain’s Channel 4. “Day Drinker” marks her first look in a characteristic movie.
