Johnny Depp builds a new character with Tonto, while he makes the Native American more relevant in The Lone Ranger.
Watching The Lone Ranger on the telly as a child, actor Johnny Depp identified with the character Tonto more, and wondered why the Native American sidekick of the Lone Ranger wasn’t the hero of the show. Having Native American blood running in his veins, it was a nagging question in Depp’s young mind.
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