Johnny Depp Compares Tonto In The Lone Ranger To Captain Jack Sparrow

I'm always 50/50 when it comes to Derp- I mean Depp. He's extremely talented and all... but there's just something about him that's very hit and miss with me. But there's no doubt that the dude is talented.

Tanto is very serious and doesn't show much emotion! He needs to be done right! Johnny can play him like that, but he probably won't. *sigh*

Humour is fine as long it doesn't make the Lone Ranger or Tonto a complete bonehead. I'm hoping that the humour would be more in their friendly rivalry.

That been said I believe Johnny Depp meant that he'll give an entirely new approached to Tonto and not recycle Jack Sparrow.

What I'm concern is the rumored supernatural part of the story. I'm actually expecting a fun action western and reserve the supernatural on the sequel. Unless ofcourse they gave it a twist ala Sherlock Holmes.

TONTO means STUPID, SILLY, or FOOLISH Person.

The portrayal of Tonto has been seen by some Native Americans and others as degrading, despite his heroism, notably by Native American author and poet Sherman Alexie.[7] Tonto spoke in a pidgin, saying things like, "That right, Kemo Sabe," or "Him say man ride over ridge on horse."
In 1975, poet and science fiction writer Paul O. Williams coined the term "tontoism" to refer to the practice of writing haiku with missing articles ("the", "a", or "an"), which he claimed made such haiku sound like Tonto's stunted English.
Further, in Portuguese, Italian and Spanish, the word tonto means "fool" or "dumb", so the name was changed in the dubbed versions. In some Spanish speaking countries, he was named Toro ("bull"); in other cases, the name was changed to "Ponto".
Later adaptations of the character such as The Legend of the Lone Ranger and the Filmation animated series depict him as being perfectly articulate in English and speaking it carefully.
Television actor Silverheels was not above making a little fun of the character himself, as in a classic Tonight Show sketch with Johnny Carson, with Carson playing a career counselor and Silverheels playing Tonto looking for a new job after working "thirty lousy years" as the Lone Ranger's faithful sidekick. When asked why he was looking for a new job, Tonto replies, "Him finally find out what Kemo Sabe means!"

NuBaX@ Tonto means that in Spanish. It does not mean that in native american languages. I grew up watching the show and Tonto was portrayed as being very intelligent and he seemed to be an equal of Lone Ranger to me. Kemo Sabe means trusted friend or trusted scout, so I don't see anything degrading or wrong with that at all.

A little humor is fine, but a boatload of humor would ruin it for me. Lone Ranger wasn't a comedy show or character. That has me just as much concerned as Depp being cast as Tonto.

1000% crap. Sounds worse than the last Green Hornet movie.

Watch Johnny Depp pre Fear and Loathing and post. He has never shook the Hunter Thompson persona. It's in all of his performances since then, especially Captain Jack.

So, Tonto is going to be a drunk, effeminate pirate?

wonder how many times he will say "ug" and "how"

depp as tonto is so lame

Man, does Johnny Depp love to play dress up or what?

A Goth "android," a pirate, a Michael Jackson-esque Willy Wonka, a murdering Victorian barber, the Mad Hatter, a vampire, a Native American...

Will this guy just STOP already...........Who watches his "films" anyway??? Kids and girls on his tip still I suppose...? Another actor who gets too much credit n too much money for anything he does.

Frack Depp and this whole movie because I want a Lone Ranger movie not a Johnny Depp as Tonto movie with a Cowboy in it. The Lone Ranger is the hero and and he has a Native partner, they need only look to the new comics to see how the new partnership works and that would make a great movie.

@JayTopstix How exactly does renaming a native American with a Spanish name (Toro) make any sense. Sure Tonto is a made up Indian name. Who cares if it might mean something different. They can just shift pronounciation a bit in that case. Besides Nobody says french people named Dumas should change their names because it almost sounds like Dumb Ass

The movie is still called "The Lone Ranger," right?