Johnny Depp in a snuff film in exchange for money for his family. Depp was a fan and friend of writer Hunter S. Thompson, and played his alter ego Raoul Duke in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (1998), Terry Gilliam's film adaptation of Thompson's pseudobiographical novel of the same name. Depp's next venture with Burton was the period film "Sleepy Hollow" (1999), in which he played Ichabod Crane opposite Christina Ricci and Christopher Walken. For his performance, Depp took inspiration from Angela Lansbury, Roddy McDowall and Basil Rathbone. He stated that he "always thought of Ichabod as a very delicate, fragile
Johnny Depp Martin Scorsese, was released. "Dark Shadows", directed by Tim Burton, was released in 2012. Depp played slide guitar on the Oasis song "Fade In-Out" (from "Be Here Now", 1997), as well as on "Fade Away (Warchild Version)" (B-side of the "Don't Go Away" single). He also played acoustic guitar in the film "Chocolat" and on the soundtrack to "Once Upon a Time in Mexico". "He's playing guitar around the fire," observed Depp's friend and future Hollywood Vampires bandmate Joe Perry of "Chocolat". "And that's really him playing the guitar. He was playing Django Reinhardt stuff that I didn't have a