Check out the first full trailer of Johnny Depp as the most famous snitch in history: Boston's former crime boss Whitey Bulger.
NewsFor those wondering when we might see the Johnny Depp of so many years ago that fascinated in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or repulsed us in Blow, the new Black Mass trailer is for you.
While we still have only gotten a glimpse of what Depp is doing as the notorious Boston kingpin that turned snitch, this trailer is making a quiet promise that it should be something tantalizing. Hell, they essentially are borrowing the “Do I amuse you?” Joe Pesci scene in Goodfellas but turned it to 11, and it still looks impressively unnerving.
Whitey Bulger is the most talked about gangster of the last quarter century. The Boston crime boss that turned out to be a rat for the FBI—until the feds tried to exterminate their rodent—has been the inspiration of big screen characters from The Departed to The Town. He also was the subject of a not-so-fantastical documentary last year, Whitey vs. the United States of America, which had us applauding.
Now, Hollywood wants to return to this poisoned well from the heart of Dorchester and Southie, and we’re hoping it’s the shot in the arm that Johnny Depp needs both artistically and professionally, because the premise is too good to pass up. With Depp playing Bulger from gangster to fugitive, it is a juicy part that should have Depp spilling his guts like he was the stool pigeon himself. The film is based on Dick Lehr’s book and is directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Out of the Furnace).
The film also stars Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Corey Stoll, Kevin Bacon, Adam Scott, and Dakota Johnson. Black Mass is in session on September 18, 2015.
