"As the horse landed, the whole crew roared. "Right before the horse threw its legs up in that scene, the thought went through my head, 'I'm really about to yell this right now,' " says Hammer, who will unveil the film's first trailer on Tuesday's Tonight Show with Jay Leno. And then theres flesh to the plot- Dan being killed. It includes the silver bullets and, naturally, the famous "Hi-Yo Silver" cry. So technically it is TONTOs story, who wants to redeem his place in the tribe(or whats left of it). The tale re-frames the hero's journey from law-abiding John Reid to the man who is forced to don the Lone Ranger mask and work outside the law. In 1933, a young boy named Will met Tonto and asked about his adventures with the Lone Ranger. "There was potential for real badness," says Depp. Tonto rendered him unconscious with a rock and soon noticed a white spirit horse approaching Johns grave. There were almost nasty consequences as Depp had one spill where his horse miraculously avoided hitting his head with its hooves. "Johnny really embraced the Comanche culture, says Verbinski. Product CodeMMS217 Product NameTonto HeightApproximately 30cm Points of Articulations30 Special Featuresspecially crafted based on the image of Johnny Depp.
The writers were trying to come up with a phrase that meant 'he who no one knows'. NOTE: Tonto called the Lone Ranger 'Kemo Sabe' which was actually a bastardization of the spanish 'Quien no sabe'.
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He and Hammer both enrolled in Old West boot camp before filming - Hammer learned to dismount at full gallop and Depp perfected bareback riding. Tonto called the Lone Ranger 'quien no sabe' (he who knows nothing) and the Lone Ranger called his sidekick 'tonto' (fool). "This is not the look you want to wake up to in the middle of the night and see hovering above you," admits Depp, who helped create the appearance. "Everyone has heard about the Lone Ranger, but not from the only other who was there - Tonto."ĭepp's Comanche shaman character is a daunting vision complete with eerie full torso makeup and a stuffed crow headpiece.
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"The challenge was to turn the story on its head and reinvent it," says Verbinski, pointing out that his story is even narrated by Tonto. On a 1969 episode of The Johnny Carson Show, Carson did a sketch in which he interviewed Jay Silverheelswho portrayed Tonto on the Lone Ranger TV seriesin character, for a new job at NBC. Putting Tonto on equal footing is helped by the fact that he is played by Johnny Depp, who reunites with his Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer for the film, which just wrapped its lengthy shoot.