| Johnny Depp’s Irish Roots Johnny
Depp recently spoke to the Irish Independent promoting his remake of the
popular film, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In the interview he spoke
enthusiastically about his love for Ireland and the Irish culture.
Depp’s Irish roots come from his mother, Betty Sue Palmer. In addition
to being Irish, Depp is also German and Cherokee. He is very curious about
his Irish side and wants to travel in the Emerald Isle in order to trace
his ancestry.
“I’d really like to [trace Irish roots], because there’s a part of me
that says, hey, I might be related to Phil Lynott or someone great like
that.”
He continued, “I want to meet up with J.P. Donleavy too, see if I’m related
to him. I’m hoping to get over to Ireland again soon.”
Depp was in Ireland in the mid 1990’s to work on the ill-fated film Divine
Rapture with the late Marlon Brando.
“That was a shame,” he says. “I turned up there purely because Marlon
asked me to. Didn’t have a script and I didn’t find out until 24 hours before
cameras started rolling that I was supposed to have an Irish accent.”
Depp would later get the chance to use his Irish accent in his star turn
as a wandering gypsy in Chocolat.
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