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"Johnny Depp looks unrecognizable in the upcoming movie The Lone Ranger, a modern version of the 1940s television and radio series.\r\nThe actor, 48, tells Entertainment Weekly he was actually inspired to update Native American Tonto&amp;apos;s look after seeing a painting by the artist Kirby Sattler.\r\n&amp;quot;I looked at the face of this warrior and thought: That&amp;apos;s it,&amp;quot; Depp recalls. &amp;quot;The stripes down the face and across the eyes . . . it seemed to me like you could almost see the separate sections of the individual, if you know what I mean.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nDepp says the lines of paint on the Native American&amp;apos;s face represent the cross-section of a man&amp;apos;s emotional life. &amp;quot;There&amp;apos;s this very wise quarter, a very tortured and hurt section, an angry and rageful section, and a very understanding and unique side. I saw these parts, almost like dissecting a brain, these slivers of the individual. That makeup inspired me.&amp;quot;\r\nSattler&amp;apos;s painting also inspired Tonto&amp;apos;s headdress in the film, in theaters&amp;#xA0; May 13, 2013.\r\nPHOTOS: Which four-eyed star looks better than Johnny Depp?\r\n&amp;quot;It just so happened Sattler had painted a bird flying directly behind the warrior&amp;apos;s head. It looked to me like it was sitting on top,&amp;quot; Depp tells Entertainment Weekly. &amp;quot;I thought: Tonto&amp;apos;s got a bird on his head. It&amp;apos;s his spirit guide in a way. It&amp;apos;s dead to others, but it&amp;apos;s not dead to him. It&amp;apos;s very much alive.&amp;quot;\r\nThough Depp&amp;apos;s Tonto has been criticized by some members of the American Indian community, the actor hopes audiences will give him a fair shot.\r\n&amp;quot;The whole reason I wanted to play Tonto is to try to [mess] around with the stereotype of the American Indian that has been laid out through history, or the history of cinema at the very least -- especially Tonto as the sidekick, The Lone Ranger&amp;apos;s assistant,&amp;quot; Depp says. &amp;quot;As you&amp;apos;ll see, it&amp;apos;s most definitely not that.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nStarring Depp and Armie Hammer, The Lone Ranger will be directed by Gore Verbinski. At CinemaCon Tuesday, producer Jerry Bruckheimer announced that The White Stripes&amp;apos; Jack White will compose music for the film.\r\n&amp;quot;We&amp;apos;re going to have a little rock &amp;apos;n&amp;apos; roll score, and I can&amp;apos;t wait to hear his rendition of the William Tell Overture,&amp;quot; Bruckheimer said."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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