Washington,
(ANI):
Johnny
Depp
was
stunned
when
director
pal
Tim
Burton
indirectly
asked
him
to
be
the
godfather
to
his
son.
Burton
told
his
wife
Helena
Bonham
Carter
to
put
across
the
idea
to
the
'Pirates
of
the
Caribbean" star.
At
that
time,
Depp
was
working
with
Burton
on
the
set
of
'Charlie
And
The
Chocolate
Factory",
when
he
received
a
message
to
call
Bonham
Carter
urgently.
Depp
immediately
agreed
to
be
four-year-old
Billy's
godfather,
but
was
confused
because
Burton
did
not
ask
him
personally.
"This
is
Tim
Burton
in
a
nutshell
-
we
were
doing
Charlie
And
The
Chocolate
Factory
and
I
was
on
the
set...
One
of
my
pals
comes
up
and
says,
'Helena
just
called.
When
you
get
a
moment,
she'd
like
you
to
give
her
a
call
back,'
Contactmusic
quoted
Depp,
as
saying.
"So
I
go
back
to
the
trailer,
call
Helena,
and
say,
'Hey,
what's
going
on?...
Is
everything
all
right?'
And
she
says,
'Everything's
fine.
But,
well,
you
know
how
Tim
is.
He
wants
to
know
if
you'd
be...
he'd
like
for
you
to
be
Billy's
godfather.'
"I
say,
'But
I
was
just
with
Tim.
I
was
with
him
three
minutes
ago.
I
had
to
leave
him
to
walk
back
to
the
trailer
to
call
you.
So
she
called
me
to
ask
because
Tim
just
couldn't.
That
was
his
way
of
asking.
I
went
back
to
the
set
and
said,
Thank
you.'
I
told
him
that
I
was
honoured.
"It
doesn't
get
heavier
than
saying,
I'd
like
you
to
be
the
godfather
of
my
son.'
But
he's
not
ever
going
to
put
himself
into
a
corny
kind
of
situation
with
a
pal.
He's
like,
Good,
yeah,
yeah.'
Boom.
Let's
get
back
into
the
work,'" he
added.