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Depp notches lucky 7 with Japanese fans

Source: Agencies | March 2, 2010, Tuesday | Print Edition

MOVIEGOERS in Japan can't get enough of Johnny Depp: The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star has been named favorite actor for a record seventh straight year in a survey by Japanese film magazine Screen.

That topped the previous record of six consecutive years for Audrey Hepburn in the early 1960s in Screen's annual "Golden Grand Prix" readers' poll, which the magazine has been conducting since 1952.

Depp, who was named People magazine's "sexiest man alive" for a second time last year, picked up more than 4,500 votes for top actor, more than double the number for "Twilight" heartthrob Robert Pattinson in second place. "Inglourious Basterds" star Brad Pitt was third.

"His popularity hasn't gone down since the time of the first 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movie," Screen's editor-in-chief, Akihiro Yonezaki, told Reuters.

"He has such a wide fan base ranging from the younger generation to older people," he said, adding that Depp was able to grab audiences with roles in movies from family fare like "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" to serious films like "Public Enemies."

"Public Enemies," with Depp as gangster John Dillinger, was chosen as best movie for 2009 in the survey.
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