Depp explains: "Marlon pushed me to quit movies for a while and take the plunge of Shakespeare. Ever since his death, that's one thing that re-plays in my head. Marlon said he to a point in his life, he was just going to do Hamlet! But it ended up being to late in his career to fulfill that challenge. So he tried to encourage Depp to not let it pass him by. 'Do it now, do it while you can.' "And I would like to do it - although it's one of the more frightening ideas I've had."
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