Black Mass Trailer: Johnny Depp as Whitey Bulger

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After spending years portraying larger than life, heavily made up characters Johnny Depp returns to serious drama, by playing a larger than life, heavily made up character…

Ahem…

Depp will be playing notorious gangster Whitey Bulger, an American convicted murderer and former organized crime figure, in Warner Bros Black Mass.

Set in the ‘70s, the film follows Joel Edgerton’s FBI agent as he persuades Irishman Bulger to turn informer on a mutual enemy of theirs: the Italian mob. However, keeping a handle on Bulger proved to be more difficult than the lawman could have predicted…

While there’s a heavy Goodfellas vibe to this trailer it’s refreshing to see Depp this intense once again.

Directed by Scott Cooper with a supporting cast including Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon, Dakota Johnson and Peter Sarsgaard, Black Mass will open in the US on 18 September 2015 and the UK on 25 September 2015.

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