The Warner people came to see [Burton] in London, ... [They] said, 'Let's talk about cast.' And Tim was like, 'Uh, yeah. Let's um talk about cast...so maybe?' And they were like, 'What about Johnny?' And Tim was like, 'Oh, yeah, good.' (Laughs.) The fact they brought it up was pretty astonishing. It surprised him? Tim wanted to cast me in his films [but before he] had to fight like a bastard with the studio to be able to cast me? Johnny Depp