More significantly, the ads give equal billing to two stars, but one of them, Johnny Depp, is a much bigger ... missed opportunity, since “Tonto,” to Native Americans, is synonymous with ...

Johnny Depp, one of Hollywood’s biggest names ... in which he portrayed a Native American hero, Tonto. While his decision to take on the role elicited expected controversy—given the sensitive ...

Quentin Tarantino revealed that he’d seen one of Johnny Depp’s less praised ... The Lone Ranger alongside Armie Hammer. Depp played Native American Tonto beside Hammer’s John Reid, and ...

There's some ready-made symbolism in Johnny Depp ... sacred thing for all Native Americans. It has various meanings, but it's a very sacred creature,” he said. “For Tonto to be on this quest ...

The strangeness of the project starts with the casting of Johnny Depp as Tonto. In addition to not really being Native American, Johnny’s also kind of too big a star to play the hero’s sidekick.

Saginaw Grant was the Native American actor ... (2013), alongside Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer. In a memorable dialogue, Chief Big Bear tells the Lone Ranger of Tonto’s experience in his youth ...

“To me, it’s like some journal — they all represent different times in my life,” Johnny Depp told The Washington ... The ink was done to honor his Native American heritage, as his great ...

For many Native Americans, Tonto, a fictional character who was ... but his speech and subordinance to the White hero grated. Actor Johnny Depp reprised the role for a 2013 movie, to the disdain ...

Johnny Depp is at the centre of yet another ... which stemmed from casting Depp and not a Native American in the role, as well as Tonto’s depiction in the poorly-reviewed film.

Johnny Depp defended his Christian Dior ad after it was yanked amid a fierce backlash accusing it of cultural appropriation — insisting it was “made with a great respect” for Native Americans.

Johnny Depp has responded ... to try to exploit" American Indian culture. "It was a film made out of great respect and made with great respect and with love for the Native American peoples ...