The one thing Johnny Depp says he and Orlando Bloom can’t pull off?
Johnny Depp cops to a refreshingly ordinary grooming hang-up, a reminder that even Hollywood heartthrobs hit their limits.
At a New York City screening of his new film Ebenezer, Johnny Depp fielded the inevitable question about a possible Pirates of the Caribbean return — and answered by poking fun at something far less swashbuckling: facial hair. Instead of hints about plot or contracts, he joked about his and Orlando Bloom’s lifelong battle with beards.
“Well, I think we should have a ... contest of who can grow the fastest non-beard,” he said. “‘Cause neither of us can grow a beard, I don’t think. I can’t for sure, but maybe he can. I don’t know.”
The timing made the line even funnier. For Ti West’s gothic spin on Dickens, Depp is buried under old-age makeup and prosthetics as Scrooge, complete with a grizzled, patchy gray beard and heavy sideburns — a deliberately weathered look that leans on the makeup chair, not Mother Nature.
Bloom’s ready to sail
While Depp kept things light, Bloom has already said he’s game for another voyage. Speaking with Entertainment Weekly at the Toronto International Film Festival, the actor said he still checks in with Depp and would be up for reuniting on screen.
“I connect with [Depp] every now and again, because he’s amazing,”
Bloom added that nostalgia is a real pull for audiences who keep revisiting the pirate adventures, and he’s open to returning if the stars align. There’s no official word on a new film with the pair, but Bloom made his remarks to Entertainment Weekly at the Toronto International Film Festival.