Johnny Depp may have dropped into an antique store in the UK unannounced, but there was no missing the Hollywood star.
The 59-year-old arrived at the Hemswell Antique Centres in Lincolnshire by helicopter days ago and browsed the store, much to the surprise of staff.
Photos and videos of Depp at the store have since gone viral, showing the Pirates of the Caribbean star exploring and playing the guitars. The actor ended up purchasing four guitars as well as obscure items to furnish his new London pad.
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“He was purchasing items which came from an era that he would have liked to have lived in,” store owner Rob Miller told the BBC.
“He just bought a lot of very quirky items. A desk chair, three guitars, paint sets, easels, a few pictures, posters – just a whole range of things for decorative items for his own personal property.”
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“He chose a vase with a skull on it. Guitars obviously. He was very friendly with, best friends with [Englsh guitarist] Jeff Beck, he sat and played a few tunes on this guitar I think just for old times’ sake really and then decided to buy three of the guitars that were there. I think I overheard him talking [about Beck] to one of his colleagues that was with him.”
“It was great because he was his normal self and he was very relaxed and was able to spend time looking at things and playing on the guitars that he wanted to play on. He felt very at home.”
Miller explained he received a phone call from his contact, Pinewood Studios, that Depp was visiting the store.
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“We had a phone call to say somebody was going to be landing in their helicopter, and I wasn’t allowed to say to any of the staff who it was,” he shared.
“It came through a contact that we have at Pinewood Studios, who we have been working with for about five years, and is a good friend of his.”
“It was just great because he was allowed the freedom of being able to walk around without being hounded. He was very natural, very down to earth. It was a great atmosphere.”
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