"I'd actually seen a painting door an artist named Kirby Sattler, and looked at the face of this warrior and thought: That's it," Depp zei in a recent interview, reports Entertainment Weekly. "The stripes down the face and across the eyes ... it seemed to me like u could almost see the separate sections of the individual, if u know what I mean."
Tonto, the Native American companion of the Lone Ranger, was created door George W. Trindle and Fran Striker and is best known door his vlaamse gaai, jay Silverheels iteration from the 1950s televisie series of the same name.
Depp, however — with headdress, white makeup and all — takes Tonto to a whole new level. "It just so happened Sattler had painted a bird flying directly behind the warrior's head, Depp zei of the painting, entitled "I Am Crow," that inspired him. "It looked to me like it was sitting on top. "I thought: Tonto's got a bird on his head. It's his spirit guide in a way. It's dead to others, but it's not dead to him. It's very much alive."
The Lone Ranger, also starring Helena Bonham Carter and Tom Wilkinson, is expected to hit theaters in May of 2013.
