Batman 3 – Johnny Depp on “The Riddler”

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At last, the focus of at least one obsessive Batman 3 rumor has adressed. Johnny Depp was recently on a Florida radio show promoting the reunion show of his band, The Kids. A persistent fan called into the station to remind them to ask Depp about playing the Riddler for Christopher Nolan.

Depp’s answer was essentially a denial and as enigmatic as well, the Riddler. “Oh yeah I heard about that. Not that I know of. It seems like it’d be a fun gig for a while, yeah.”

A denial isn’t surprising since we know Nolan isn’t even signed, let alone writing or casting. But given that the rumor machine is going regardless of that fact, here’s more fuel for the fire. There’s no doubt Depp would do a fine job. He could probably play me to perfection. And he’s open to taking just about any role that interests him. So, those of you keeping score can mark Depp as “interested” and various news agencies that don’t read these things carefully can report it as “confirmed.” For my part, I’m going to go ahead and tell my sister that Depp is “totally doing Batman 3″ because that’s one way to interest her in the franchise. Except then she’ll start working on a Riddler costume for a certain lookalike. Never mind, then.