thanks to andyD07 on shidoobee for this NY Daily News article about the premiere: [
www.nydailynews.com]
Wednesday, December 5th 2007, 4:00 AM
Johnny Depp splatters the screen with fountains of blood in his new movie, "Sweeney Todd." But the man who plays the "Demon Barber of Fleet Street" is a little more squeamish when it comes to his own bleeding.
"I like to keep my blood inside me, thank you," he told us Monday at the musical's premiere. Shots give him the willies. "Nobody likes to be poked and prodded in any way," the inspired actor admitted. "Whether it's in a doctor's office or in jail."
Has he ever lost a lot of blood? "Yes," he deadpanned. "But I found it!"
A few minutes earlier, on the blood-red carpet leading into the Ziegfeld Theater, his old friend Keith Richards snuck up on him.
"Keith!" said Depp, who seemed happy to see his pirate dad, though the Rolling Stone's waxen complexion may have given him a fright. Later, after they'd exchanged hugs, we asked Richards if he'd seen the Broadway version of Stephen Sondheim's ghoulish musical.
"Nah," said Richards, who was in high spirits. "But I knew the original Sweeney Todd. He gave a hell of a shave!"
We figured Keith would have some thoughts on blood, what with him once having had all of his transfused in an effort to kick heroin, according to reports. Was the rocker, who had that nasty fall out of a palm tree last year, bothered by the sight of blood? "I'm not scared by my own blood," he explained. "It's other people's blood that bothers me."