Main Characters-Trivia

Johnny Depp

• Depp turned down the lead roles in the movies Interview With The Vampire, Speed, The Matrix, and Titanic.


• He was born on the same day as David Koepp, who directed Depp in Secret Window.


• In many Japanese dubs of his movies, his voice was credited to Hiroaki Hirata.


• He has expressed an interest in the philosophy and practice of chaos magic.


• Depp is good friends with Flea, the bassist, and John Frusciante, the guitarist, of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.


• Played slide guitar on the Oasis song "Fade In/Out", featured on their 3rd album, Be Here Now as well on their song "Fade Away (Warchild Version)" which appears on the Warchild charity compilation and Oasis' Don't Go Away E.P.


• Queercore band Gay for Johnny Depp have lyrics almost entirely centered around Depp.


• Appeared in the Johnny Cash music video for "God's Gonna Cut You Down."


• Appeared in the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers music video "Into the Great Wide Open".


• Is the godfather of Clash bassist Paul Simonon's sons, Louie and Claude.
• Appeared in the Lemonheads music video "It's A Shame About Ray".
• Directed and appeared in the Shane MacGowan and The Popes music video for "That Woman's Got Me Drinking". He also played guitar on that track.
• He appeared in the final episode of the BBC comedy sketch-programme The Fast Show.

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Orlando Bloom

• During the filming for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), he fell off his horse and broke one of his ribs.
• Learned to surf during the filming of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy in New Zealand.
• He used to be a vegetarian, but he had to go back to eating meat when he was filming The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).
• Has an older sister, Samantha Bloom.
• Graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (1999).
• Is "mildly dyslexic".
• Can speak French.
• His first car was a dark green VW Golf that costed £160.
• His favourite vegetable is spinach.
• First concert he attended was in Canterbery watching Jamiroquai.
• Supports English football team Manchester United.
• He used to smoke, but quit in 2002, which started making him bite his nails instead.
• Split with girlfriend Kate Bosworth [September 5, 2006].

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Keira Knightley

• Daughter of actor Will Knightley.
• Trained in dancing.
• The similarity between Knightley and Natalie Portman meant that during the filming of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), their own mothers could not tell them apart once in makeup.
• Mother is actress-turned-author Sharman Macdonald, who wrote 'When I Was A Girl I Used To Scream And Shout' and 'The Winter Guest'.
• Has dyslexia. She had to wear special glasses in adolescence to help her read.
• Was born on same day as poet Robert Frost.
• Shares birthday with playwright Tennessee Williams.
• She did her first nude scene at the age of 16, in The Hole (2001).
• Auditioned for, and was accepted to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in London, England.
• At 16, she went to Esher College to study for her A Levels, but quit the course when offered the role of Lara in "Doctor Zhivago" (2002).
• Voted second sexiest voice, behind Sir Sean Connery, in a poll by the UK's Royal National Institute for the Blind.
• At age 20, she was the third-youngest woman in Oscar history to be nominated for Best Actress.
• Loves to collect shoes
• Her hero is her cast mate in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Geoffrey Rush.
• Employed a stylist to dress her for premieres and award ceremonies. The stylist also dresses Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Kidman.
• Trained four days a week for three months in preparation for King Arthur (2004). She did about two hours of weight lifting, and then three hours either boxing, fighting, or horseback riding.