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Stars Johnny Depp & Isla Fisher at RANGO Premiere, Plus FOUR New Clips

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Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher and other celebs were on hand to walk the red carpet at Paramount Pictures big premiere of RANGO at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on Monday. The cast spent Valentine’s Day signing autographs and posing for pictures for the waiting fans. Depp appeared in his cowboy hat in keeping with the playful Western theme of the movie.

Here’s an excerpt of what Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski had to say on lizards at the RANGO press conference on February 12th:

JOHNNY DEPP: I always had an affinity for lizards; I’ve always felt somewhat close to them. They’re reptile- feeling somewhat reptilian myself at times. No, the – I mean, what was – oddly, I think, I mean, Gore might even, he might disagree. But I feel like, you know, there was – when we were doing “Pirates” one, two and three, there was a certain, at times when Jack Sparrow had to run – there was this very specific run that I wanted. And it was from seeing – I saw this footage of a lizard running across the water. And it was like the strangest thing I’ve ever seen. And so I said, “Gore, he’s got to be the lizard running across,” and he’s like, “Oh, yeah, absolutely.” You know. So that was the whole thing. It was always – and so whenever we were in that situation, “Okay, it’s time to…you know, let’s…”

GORE VERBINSKI: [INDISCERNIBLE] the lizard.

JOHNNY DEPP: Get – yeah, get in touch with the lizard. And we did it. So I actually think that Rango was somehow planted in Gore’s brain from that run, from that lizard run, you know. And when he actually called me and said, “I want you to play a lizard,” I thought, “Well, God, I’m halfway there.”

Johnny Depp poses for photos at the Paramount Pictures Los Angeles Premiere of RANGO at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011

Johnny Depp signs autographs for fans at the Paramount Pictures Los Angeles Premiere of RANGO at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011

Abigail Breslin poses for photos at the Paramount Pictures Los Angeles Premiere of “Rango” at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011

Johnny Depp and Paramount’s Brad Grey appear at the Paramount Pictures Los Angeles Premiere of RANGO at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011.

Synopsis:

From the director of “The Pirates of the Caribbean” comes RANGO, featuring Johnny Depp in an original animated comedy-adventure that takes moviegoers for a hilarious and heartfelt walk in the Wild West.  The story follows the comical, transformative journey of Rango (Depp), a sheltered chameleon living as an ordinary family pet, while facing a major identity crisis.  After all, how high can you aim when your whole purpose in life is to blend in?  When Rango accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt – a lawless outpost populated by the desert’s most wily and whimsical creatures – the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out.  Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt . . . until, in a blaze of action-packed situations and encounters with outrageous characters, Rango starts to become the hero he once only pretended to be. With a cast that includes Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Alfred Molina, Bill Nighy, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Winstone and Timothy Olyphant as the Spirit of the West, Rango is an exciting new twist on the classic Western legend of the outsider who saves a town – and himself in the process.

RANGO will be in theaters on March 4, 2011. Visit the film;s official website at: http://www.RangoMovie.com/.
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This film has been rated PG for rude humor, language, action and smoking.

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