… If only I’d had £50.000 lying around doing nothing!
The annual Robert F Kennedy Memorial charity action ended just a few minutes ago, and some lucky woman (I’ll take bets that it’s a woman) won herself the right to a “featured extra, non-speaking role” in a scene with Johnny Depp in the upcoming movie ‘Public Enemies’, shooting in Chicago this month. They had other things on offer, but, well … who cares?
The interesting thing is that they grossly underestimated the likely interest in this particular item. I don’t know whose job it is to decide how much they think each lot is going to go for, but it surely can’t have been a red-blooded heterosexual woman, because they thought it might possibly make $20,000, which is a paltry £10,246 on today’s exchange rates, and with one minute to go, this auction stood at $91,000, which is just over £46,600. With bid increments standing at $5,000, the next bid would have had to be $96,001 (nearer to £49,000). The results aren’t available yet, but you can pretty much bet that there was a last minute flurry and I’d guess it probably hit $100,000 – but anyway, the very least it went for is $91,000. Or to put it another way, one hell of a lot more than £10,246.
I don’t know what the ‘featured non-speaking extra’ role will actually consist of, but it may well be nothing more than five minutes on set, at anything up to several hundred yards from the man himself, but with lots of free-boredom-while-you-wait thrown in for good measure, and maybe a little extra discomfort on the side, what with hanging around for hours in the blazing sun/pouring rain/howling tornadoes etc and not knowing where your next meal is coming from or when you get to go home.
So, I’m not jealous, then?
Oh, aren’t I? I’m about as green as the Devonshire Emerald. As green – or greener than – the badly named White’s Tree Frog, which is in fact, green. As green as E141, Windsor & Newton 483, and Pantone 357C all rolled into one.
So would I have paid large sums of money for the privilege of sharing a set with Johnny Depp for a few moments and maybe the opportunity to chat during the coffee break?
Ha! What do you think?
*Sigh*
Well, I’m as green as Kentucky bluegrass, which ain’t blue. Man, I love that guy. He is psychotically handsome, supernaturally talented, ethereally artistic … aaahhhh … I’m getting all verklempt so I’ll stop. Johnny is my muse.
BTW my daughter, Audrey, flew to Chicago this morning on a three-day business trip. I armed her with my digital camera, a little something for Johnny, and his exact coordinates on the earth this week: the Bridgeview Bank at Broadway and Lawrence in the “Uptown” section of Chicago. Her hotel is 8.7 miles from there! She’s gonna try and make contact. A full report will ensue! Hold your breaths over there, guys!
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You’re preaching to the converted, Jenny!
So do tell – what did you send to him? Last time I saw him I gave him a book on insects. LOL!
Crossing my fingers for good pictures from your daughter! Oh, I hope she gets close enough to get pics for you – is she a fan too?
Nice to see another Depp fan over here!
Yeah I’m totally on board for Johnny. Sigh! He’s not only gorgeous, he’s real, he’s a wonderful human being. When are they going to get around to making clones of him?
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Isn’t he gorgeous? Mmmm … imagine it. ‘What would you like for Christmas this year, darling?’ ‘Oh, just a Johnny clone will do me!’
Nah. One of the reasons he’s so wonderful and inspiring is that he is a unique being.
But I’d like to borrow him for a weekend.
Johnny Depp is a great actor, he can make you feel laugh, excite, worried and most he can make you feel in love. Captain Jack Sparrow’