Don Juan DeMarco

According to Johnny Depp, the hardest part of working with Marlon Brando was staying cool.

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According to Johnny Depp in Turner Classic Movies' documentary about Marlon Brando, he and Brando were sitting at a table talking about the inconsistencies in DeMarco's character and DeMarco admitting his father was a New Yorker, and Depp's lines were rewritten just before the scene was shot, so he had no time to prepare and memorize them. Brando spoke with the director and the cinematographer to find out where the camera angles were. He then found a way to cut Depp's lines out of the script and stick them onto the coffee cup in his hand, then held the cup so that the camera could not perceive the pasted lines and Depp could read them.

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Johnny Depp agreed to appear in this film on the condition that Marlon Brando be cast as the psychiatrist.

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Johnny Depp watched episodes of the television series Fantasy Island (1977) to learn the Spanish accent.

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Mike Judge heard a rumor that Marlon Brando and Johnny Depp were fans of the animated series Beavis and Butt-Head (1993). At one point, while the cameras were not running, Brando and Depp sat on a couch doing impressions of the animated duo. It is believed that Brando did Butt-Head and Depp did Beavis. At one point Depp personally asked Judge whether he could play Beavis if a live-action film were made.

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When Dr. Mickler takes his wife out to dinner, the woman who was Don Juan's final conquest at the start of the film sits alone at a table playing with her spoon, just as she did while waiting during their first encounter.

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It was included on the American Film Institute's 2002 list of 400 films nominated for the 100 Greatest American Love Stories.

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Johnny Depp and Faye Dunaway also appeared together in Arizona Dream (1993).

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Eva Marie Saint was offered the role of Marilyn so she could reunite with Marlon Brando, but she turned the offer down. She later said she regretted the decision.

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Johnny Depp and Marlon Brando also appeared together in The Brave (1997).

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The film holds a 72% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on reviews from 39 critics, with an average score of 6.2/10. The site's consensus reads: "Don Juan DeMarco proves that a small story can become enjoyable cinema when brought to life by two harmonious professionals who take pleasure in their craft."

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Marlon Brando and Faye Dunaway played a married couple in this film. Dunaway had previously played the evil witch Selena in Supergirl (1984), while Brando had played Superman's father Jor-El in Superman (1978) and Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006).

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