Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp has said he wants to make a documentary about racing legend Mick Doohan. Depp announced his plan after he, his wife and, notoriously, his dogs, stayed with the five-times 500cc GP world champion at his mansion on the Australian Gold Coast. The actor/producer was in Australia filming the latest instalment of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.
Depp stayed at Doohan’s place for five months – during which time Depp had to repatriate his “quarantine criminal” dogs – and clearly grew fond of the former Honda GP man, saying: “I want to a documentary about him, he’s a wonderful man.”
Doohan won the coveted title five times in the 1990s, an era where the 500cc two-stroke GP motorcycles had no rider aids of electronics and made awesome power in a tiny rev-range.
A film would certainly help the motorcycle industry cause.