Johnny Depp took his reputation for eccentricity a little too far last week. Interviewed in the November issue of Vanity Fair, the actor appeared to let his guard down when discussing photo shoots with writer Nick Tosches, a long-time friend and a godparent to one of Depp’s kids. “Well, you just feel like you’re being raped somehow,” the actor said. “Raped. The whole thing. It feels like a kind of weird—just weird, man. Weird. Like you meet people and they say, 'Can I have a picture with you!' And that's great. That's fine. That's not a problem. But whenever you have a photo shoot or something like that, it’s like—you just feel dumb. It’s just so stupid.” READ MORE

I was flipping around the TV last weekend and came upon Tim Burton's Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, which I had never seen before. Apart from an unfortunate, tacked-on backstory, it was pretty goddamn great, and it got me to thinking that Johnny Depp may be the most underrated actor to have achieved star status in his generation. I mean, can you think of anyone else with Depp's box office success and marquee name who takes so many chances and so clearly delights in just being weird when the role calls for it? You probably can; that's why we have a comments section. But where's his Oscar? Anyway, he and Burton are teaming up again for a new version of Alice In Wonderland. USA Today has the first released images, and, whatever, I thought they were cool. Have a look.