alexander johan hjalmar skarsgard played tonto in the lone ranger 2013.
alexander johan hjalmar skarsgard played tonto in the lone ranger 2013.
who played tonto in the lone ranger 2013?
alexander johan hjalmar skarsgard
the lone ranger is a 2013 american revisionist western film directed by gore verbinski and written by justin haythe, ted elliott and terry rossio. based on the radio series of the same name, the film stars johnny depp as tonto, the narrator of the events and armie hammer as john reid, the lone ranger. the film is told through tonto's memories of the duo's earliest efforts to subdue local villainy and bring justice to the american old west. william fichtner, barry pepper, ruth wilson, james badge dale, tom wilkinson, and helena bonham carter also are featured in supporting roles. it is the first theatrical film featuring the lone ranger and tonto characters in the more than 32 years following william a. fraker's 1981 film, "the legend of the lone ranger".
the lone ranger (2013 film)
tonto made his first appearance on the 11th episode of the radio show "the lone ranger". two conflicting origin stories have been given for the character tonto and how he came to work with the lone ranger. as originally presented, in the december 7, 1938, radio broadcast, reid had already been well established as the lone ranger when he met tonto. in that episode cactus pete, a friend of the lone ranger's, tells the story of how the masked man and tonto first met. according to that tale, tonto had been caught in the explosion when two men dynamited a gold mine they were working. one of the men wanted to kill the wounded tonto, but the lone ranger arrived on the scene and made him administer first aid. the miner subsequently decided to keep tonto around, intending to make him the fall guy when he would later murder his partner. the lone ranger foiled both the attempted murder and the framing. no reason was given in the episode as to why tonto chose to travel with the lone ranger, rather than continue about his business.
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