SUBMITTED BY Fred Hill

July 21, 2005 —

Did you think Johnny Depp looks and acts like Michael Jackson in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? You are not the only one, the actor has been approached by a few people now asking why he based the character off Jackson, however Depp never planned that at all.

Johnny Depp, star of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," says he didn't base his Willy Wonka character on Michael Jackson" and is surprised that some people see a resemblance.

Depp's demure voice, pasty complexion, perfectly bobbed locks, neo-Victorian garb and androgynous air seem to present a reflection of pop singer Jackson, recently acquitted on child-molestation charges.

"A few people have mentioned it, and it kind of took me by surprise. I really didn't expect that," Depp told reporters recently, according to AP Radio. "Michael Jackson was not a sort of ingredient or inspiration for the character at all."

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