Move over Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and Robert Pattinson -- there's a new vampire in town! Johnny Depp is taking on the role of a vampire in his latest Tim Burton film, Dark Shadows, and he doesn't feel the least bit threatened by 25-year-old Twilight vampire heartthrob Pattinson. "There’s room for two vampires on this block -- as long as he remembers I am the Alpha Vampire," Depp, 48, told Us Weekly on Wednesday at the London premiere of Dark Shadows.
除了布拉德·皮特、汤姆·克鲁斯和罗伯特·帕丁森之外，我们迎来了一位新的吸血鬼成员。约翰尼·德普在他和蒂姆·伯顿最新合作的电影《黑影》（Dark Shadows）里扮演一位吸血鬼，他觉得自己不会被《暮光之城》里25岁的帕丁森比下去。现年48岁的德普在伦敦首映会上说道，“这地方容得下两个吸血鬼，只要他（罗伯特·帕丁森）记住我是元老级的就可以”。

The actor, who has played many different characters in films, was especially excited to play vampire Barnabas Collins, based on the '60s TV soap. "I think there are still more boxes to be ticked," Depp told reporters of characters he'd still like to portray. "But this was a big one for me."
德普已经表演过很多不同类型的角色，但他还是很高兴能表演吸血鬼，《黑影》是根据60年代的肥皂剧改编。在谈到他想表演的类型时，德普说到“可以表演的角色类型还有很多，吸血鬼是其中很重要的一类”。

How did his eighth collaboration with Burton come about?
"It came about in such a casual way," Depp explained. "We were doing Sweeney Todd at the time and I just sort of mentioned to Tim that we should [make] a vampire film some day and then we both got on the subject Dark Shadows, which we've both been fans of as kids… One thing lead to another [after] a coupe of years and then bang." And Depp loved his character so much, that he snagged some of his wardrobe!
第八次和伯顿的合作，感觉如何？
“不经意间就第八次了，我们在一起合作《理发师陶德》时，我对他说我应该哪天演个吸血鬼电影，然后我们就开始着手《黑影》这部电影，我们俩小时候都是该剧的剧迷……环环相扣，最终就这样了。”德普非常喜欢自己扮演的角色，他甚至收藏了这个角色的部分服装。