Johnny Depp is filming a film by the Italian painter Amadeo Modigliani

American actor Johnny Depp He is shooting his new film as a director, “Modì”, about the painter Amadeo Modigliani, in the Italian city of Turin, and took advantage of his stay to visit an exhibition on Tim Burton at the Cinema Museum.

Depp is working in Prodea Group’s virtual studios on Modigliani’s ‘biopic’, based on the play of the same name by Dennis McIntyre and with the participation of actors such as Al Pacino, Ricardo Scamarcio and Luisa Ranieri.

This is the second film that Depp directs 27 years after releasing “Brave” (1997), his first film as a director and in which he also acted with Marlon Brando.

The American actor took advantage of his stay in the Italian city to visit the Turin Film Museum accompanied by its director, Enzo Ghigo, and “he was fascinated by the structure of the gallery and the setup of the exhibition,” the institution said in a statement. note.

The American filmmaker was also able to see the exhibition “The World of Tim Burton”, a display of materials related to the films of the American director.

The visit concluded at the Museum’s viewpoint, at the top of the Mole Antonelliana, where he arrived with its panoramic elevator that, he said, reminded him of Willy Wonka’s glass elevator in the movie ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ (‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, 2005).

With information from EFE