‘Mortdecai’ Trailer: Johnny Depp Is A Bit Of A Moron, Actually
By Angie Han/Aug. 12, 2014 10:15 am EST
One of those chances arrives next February in the form of a goofy comedy. Depp plays the title character in Mortdecai, a roguish art dealer racing to recover a stolen painting that could lead to Nazi gold. The first Mortdecai trailer has just been released, and you can watch it after the jump.
The first trailer looks deeply silly, but in an entertaining way. The highly affected but nevertheless charming Charlie Mortdecai seems like a good use of Depp’s talents, and he’s got a crackerjack cast to support him including Paul Bettany, Olivia Munn, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Ewan McGregor.
Mortdecai was directed by David Koepp from a script by Eric Aronson, which in turn was based on the trilogy of books by Kyril Bonfiglioli. Published in the ’70s, the Mortdecai novels have been likened to P.G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves books in terms of tone and structure.
Juggling some angry Russians, the British Mi5, his impossibly leggy wife and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai (Johnny Depp) must traverse the globe armed only with his good looks and special charm in a race to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain the code to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold.
