Johnny Depp’s portrayal of Hunter S. Thompson is the stuff of legend. In Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, he brought is into the drug-fueled wasteland of Vegas in past and under Terry Gilliam’s deft direction created one of his most iconic performances.
In The Rum Diary, Depp is sort of recreating that spirit. There’s a vein of Thompson to be seen in the trailer, but The Rum Diary is a much more subdued and straightforward story with far less drug use than Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Though the trailer seems to work hard to make it feel like a new Fear and Loathing, the book is nothing like that. This does look good though.
You tell me: Is this something you think you’d like to see? Or does it seem too much like they’re trying to have lightning strike in the same place twice?