Aside from Tim Burton, the other filmmaker that Depp has forged a real connection with is Terry Gilliam. The pair first worked together on Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas before labouring (unsuccessfully) to make The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.

And when Gilliam needed a little help on The Imaginarium Of Dr Parnassus after Heath Ledger's untimely death, Depp was only too happy to step in.

"The money was running out. If we hadn’t pulled something out of the hat quickly it would have gone. And I suppose the rabbit was Johnny," Gilliam has said.

"I didn’t know what to do, I hadn’t a clue, but I spoke to Johnny and said, ‘if we need you, will you be around?’ And he said ‘I’m there whatever you want.’ And I only found this out afterwards, but if Johnny hadn’t said ‘yes’, the money would have gone.

"I actually didn’t realise that at the time. I found out a lot in retrospect about was what going on, but at the time I was in my own little world."

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