Nitin Ganatra says Johnny Depp almost got him fired from Charlie and the Chocolate factory

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Nitin Ganatra "almost got fired" from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory after Johnny Depp got him "into trouble" by encouraging him to sneak off and explore the set

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00:00there's always been funny there's always funny moments Tony Depp nearly got me into trouble

00:21oh yeah yeah because so I was playing the print he won't even remember this but he

00:26I was doing this Prince Pondicherry and I was covered in chocolate my shoes and everything

00:32covered in chocolate we're sitting together and he goes do you um have you seen the vanishing

00:37corridor I went no and uh he said go through that curtain there's a vanishing corridors there

00:43and so I did and I uh I went through the curtain and it was dark and I could see this red carpet

00:49and it started to get further and further away and then until my head hit the ceiling

00:55you know that little vanishing corridor that gets smaller and smaller so I hit the head

01:03hit my head on there turned around and realized I'd left chocolate footprints on the carpet and

01:10I ran out when you're gonna get me fired yeah he did yeah he didn't uh he didn't get me fired

01:17that much but we had fun it was nice it was nice to work with him

01:20I just

01:20I mean that's a completely different cast and a different director however I did work with Tim Burton

01:46again on Wednesday yeah but I was upset I wasn't I got killed off and I didn't get to be in the

01:54second season of Wednesday which looks like such good fun I worked with Tim Burton twice now so I can

01:59say

01:59so is that how you got the one series?

02:02no I auditioned for it no just like everyone else I auditioned for it and I got the part

02:15I play the shopkeeper yeah that's my official title the shopkeeper

02:19and what was your favorite part?

02:22well you know what it's the first shopkeeper I've ever played okay so this is it this is like a bit

02:28of a breakthrough role for me as an asian actor I've always avoided playing shopkeepers played the

02:35occasional doctor but never made an accountant thank god but shopkeepers I've always avoided but then this

02:44one is a special one I mean Corinda I think Corinda grew up in a news agent so did I grew up in a shop so

02:51I get to use my own story in there

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