Chicago is not really a hotspot for celebrities, and I don't consider myself a celebrity follower,* but I have to admit I totally embraced the crowd's wild enthusiasm for Johnny Depp. We saw him yesterday night in front of the River East AMC, where they had a screening of Public Enemies, Michael Mann's new John Dillinger biopic, which was filmed in, and set in Chicago.
Christian Bale drove up first, but we didn't really get a good look at him since he went straight into the press tent and then into the theater. Depp, on the other hand, got out of the car and went into the press tent, and then walked straight down Illinois Street waving to fans (pictured above). To our suprise, he started shaking hands and signing autographs, going systematically down the south side of the street. When he was done he went into the theater.
The girls I was with were hugely disappointed, since we were on the north side of the street. Soon after Depp went inside, a cop announced that Depp was just going in to introduce the movie, and that after that, he would come back out and do the other side of the street. Anyway, after about 20 minutes, he did just that, and my friends were able to get their close-range Johnny fix.
Like I said, I don't see many celebrities, but I have to say that Depp's demeanor was really fan-friendly. He really went out of his way to say hi to everyone that came out, while a certain other not-to-be-named, less-famous, raspy-voiced, bat-suit-wearing fellow didn't even give the crowd any face time. In short, as a celebrity, Depp's a class act.
* I did walk behind Vince Vaugn down Michigan Ave once, but to be fair, he was behind me for a while, and I didn't follow him for any longer than it took to get to where I was going.
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