Johnny Depp Remembered Thompson On Set

Johnny Depp read the screenplay The Run Diary with the writer Hunter S Thompson.

The Oscar nominated actor is all set to star in the film as a journalist working in Puerto Rico.

Speaking to the Radio Times Depp said: "I remember when I unearthed the manuscript out of a box in his basement. He didn't know where it was and I pulled it out and he was like, 'Jesus Christ'."

"We read it together at three in the morning and it was, 'We should do this together', but Hunter didn't exactly fill his end of the deal. I guess he had other things to do."

The movie is directed by Bruce Robinson and also stars amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart, Giovanni Ribisi and Richard Jenkins.

And Depp reveals that every morning on set the cast and crew honoured the memory of Thompson.

"Each day on set we had this ritual [to honour Thompson's memory]. Hunter would have his own chair right next to Bruce's and he had a script with his name on it, the whole thing, and we would put a pack of Dunhills on a little table by the side, a bottle of Chivas, his favourite drink, and a tumbler full of ice.

"And each morning we'd dunk our fingers in the tumbler and dab a little Chivas on our necks, like a sort of Hunter cologne, take a sip and then off to work we went. We did that every morning, so Hunter was always there. It was good."

Depp will be back on the big screen later this month as he reprises the role of Captain Jack Sparrow for Pirates of the Caribbean: On stranger Tides - the fourth movie in the franchise.

The Rum Diary is released 28th October.