Can you imagine Edward Scissorhands not being played by Johnny Depp? What about Captain Jack Sparrow? It's pretty much unfathomable to envisage a world without Depp in these roles; but the actor hadn't always dreamed of being on the big screen. In fact, he originally wanted to be a rockstar. It all changed in 1984, when a young Depp accompanied his friend Jackie Earle Haley to auditions for "A Nightmare On Elm Street". In what must have been a pretty bumming-out moment for Haley, it was actually Johnny who was spotted by the director Wes Craven and asked to read for the role of Glen. You know, the crop-top wearing boyfriend who dies by being sucked into a Krueger-infested mattress and being turned into a blood fountain? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-frM2Lf8KE Yeah, that Glen. If you're still wondering about Haley - he did get his shot eventually; going on to play Freddy Krueger in the remake 26 years later - it just took, like, quarter of a century. We're guessing Depp wasn't on his Christmas card list.
