Johnny Depp as Scottish author J. M. Barrie in the film "Finding Neverland" (2004). The following year he starred as Willy Wonka in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", which reunited him with director Tim Burton, with whom he had not collaborated since "Sleepy Hollow". The film was a box office success and had a positive critical reception, with Depp being nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. "Chocolate Factory" was followed by another Burton project, stop-motion animation "Corpse Bride" (2005), in which Depp voiced the character Victor Van Dort. Depp reprised the role of
Johnny Depp Eating Gilbert Grape?" In a 2008 interview, Depp stated that he had "'poisoned'" himself with alcohol "'for years'". In 2013, Depp declared that he had stopped drinking alcohol, adding that he "'pretty much got everything [he] could get out of it'"; Depp also said, "'I investigated wine and spirits thoroughly, and they certainly investigated me as well, and we found out that we got along beautifully, but maybe too well.'" Regarding his breakup with longtime partner Vanessa Paradis, Depp said that he "'definitely wasn't going to rely on the drink to ease things or cushion the blow or cushion the