It also, funnily enough, already portrays the fictional version (via Jack Nicholson) of the real - life person Depp plays: James «Whitey» Bulger, one of America's most notorious mobsters. (complex.com)
Struggling intellectual playwright David Shayne (Cusack, The Grifters) finally has the chance to earn his first Broadway production, but to have the finances to see his dream come true, he has to make one concession — casting two - bit dancer - turned - actress Olive Neal (Tilly, The Fabulous Baker Boys), the main squeeze of notorious mobster Nick Valenti (Viterelli, State of Grace). (qwipster.net)
Three - time Oscar nominee Johnny Depp («Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,» «Finding Neverland,» the «Pirates of the Caribbean» films) stars as notorious mobster James «Whitey» Bulger in the drama «Black Mass,» directed by Scott Cooper («Crazy Heart»). (cbr.com)