Johnny Depp is always grateful for Tim Burton’s kindness during the filming of the 2007 film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
In filmmaker Tara Wood’s new four-part documentary series Tim Burton: Life in the Line, Depp shares insight into his relationship with the director.
Depp revealed that Burton, who had become his family by then, made great “sacrifices” during that filming.
“Tim made great sacrifices at Sweeney,” he said. The Ed Wood star revealed that his daughter Lily-Rose, who was just 7 at the time, developed a form of kidney failure.
“Her kidneys were shutting down. She had E. coli. They put her on dialysis and I had to call Tim and basically say, ‘Hey man, I’m going to have to drop out of Sweeney. I’m sorry, but I can’t work until my baby is better,'” Depp shared.
“And [Burton] went ‘No. Don’t even talk like that, man. Whatever we have to do, we do. She’ll be fine. We’ll make it work,” he continued.
The Pirates of the Caribbean Star shared that he and Paradis “lived in that hospital for a good three, three and a half weeks” while Lily-Rose was sick.
“Tim, of course, being Tim, came by the day after I called and brought flowers, the great uncle and godfather that he is,” he gushed. “Pretty special, very lucky.”
Johnny Depp shares daughter Lily-Rose, now 26, and son Jack, 23, with ex Vanessa Paradis.
