Tim Burton stating, "I basically wasted a year. A year is a long time to be working with somebody that you don't really want to be working with." "Sleepy Hollow", released in late 1999, had a supernatural setting and contained another offbeat performance by Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane, a detective with an interest in forensic science rather than the schoolteacher of Washington Irving's original tale. With "Sleepy Hollow", Burton paid homage to the horror films of the English company Hammer Films. Christopher Lee, one of Hammer's stars, was given a cameo role. A host of Burton regulars appeared in supporting roles
Biographical film historically documented), biopic roles are considered some of the most demanding of actors and actresses. Ben Kingsley, Johnny Depp, Jim Carrey, and Jamie Foxx all gained new-found respect as dramatic actors after starring in biopics: Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi in "Gandhi" (1982), Depp as Ed Wood in "Ed Wood" (1994), Carrey as Andy Kaufman in "Man on the Moon" (1999), Foxx as Ray Charles in "Ray" (2004), and Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking in "The Theory of Everything" (2014). In rare cases, sometimes called auto biopics, the subject of the film plays himself or herself: Jackie Robinson in "The