One of this summer's most highly anticipated blockbusters is Gore Verbinski's action western film The Lone Ranger. Starring Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp,
the movie is an adaptation of a popular 1930s radio show that spawned
an even more popular television series in the 1950s. The series focused
on the adventures of the titular Texas Ranger-turned-masked vigilante
and his trusty Native American sidekick Tonto. Many years and several
film versions later, Disney has enlisted the masterminds behind the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise to bring The Lone Ranger back to the silver screen, this time in 3D.
In anticipation of The Lone Ranger's July 13
release, Disney has released this behind the scenes look at the making
of one of the most anticipated sequences in the film: The Spirit
Platform. In this scene, The Lone Ranger himself (Hammer) wakes up on
top of a rickety-looking platform, 2000 feet above the ground. The actor
did not use a stunt double but instead climbed the platform himself and
stood atop it while a camera-equipped helicopter camera flew by to
capture the action. Hammer described the experience as "intense."
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If The Lone Ranger performs well at the box
office, we may get to see Armie Hammer don a black mask and white cowboy
hat alongside a face-painted Johnny Depp many more times in the future.
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer is already looking to turn the film into a
franchise à la Pirates of the Caribbean. So, will Depp's Tonto
be the new Jack Sparrow? Fingers crossed that this movie is good, but
until then, all we can say is, "Patience, kemosabe."
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