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Depp May Ring BELL for Universal

Brad Brevet
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Published: Saturday, February 21st 2004 at 6:07 AM

Variety has reported that Johnny Depp is first in line to star in the film adaptation of Jean-Dominique Bauby autobiography The Diving Bell and the Butterfly for Julian Schnabel to direct.

Bauby, the editor of Elle France, suffered a stroke that left his body completely paralyzed, except for his left eye, while his mind remained unaffected.

Despite his affliction, suffered in 1995 when he was 43, Bauby used his eye to blink out a memoir, letter by letter, then died two days after it was published. The book describes his pre-stroke life, what it was like to be a prisoner inside his useless body and imagined journeys to exotic places he'd never visited.

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