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
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