Johnny Depp 六年后回归大银幕：演一个被鬼吓醒的守财奴 Scrooge

你一定认识他。

You definitely know him.

他演过那个最有名的海盗，也演过很多奇奇怪怪、让人记住的角色。

He played that most famous pirate, and many strange, memorable characters.

可是这几年，他过得不太好。

But these past few years, he hasn't had it easy.

他打了一场很大、很多人都在看的官司，之后，好几年都没有接大电影。

He fought a huge, closely-watched court case, and after that went several years without landing a big movie.

很多人以为，他可能再也回不来了。

Many people thought he might never come back.

但今年，他带着一部新电影回来了，这部电影叫 Ebenezer。

But this year, he's returned with a new movie, called Ebenezer.

这个名字，很多人不熟；可是它背后的故事，你一定听过。

The title may be unfamiliar, but the story behind it you've surely heard.

它讲的，就是那个最有名的 Christmas 故事：A Christmas Carol。

It tells the most famous Christmas story: A Christmas Carol.

Johnny Depp 演的，是故事里的主角：一个又有钱、又小气、又孤独的老头，叫 Scrooge。

Johnny Depp plays the lead: a rich, stingy, lonely old man named Scrooge.

Scrooge 只爱钱，不爱人，最讨厌的就是 Christmas。

Scrooge loves only money, not people, and hates Christmas most of all.

可是在一个 Christmas 的晚上，几个“鬼”来找他，带他看了自己的过去、现在和将来。

But on a Christmas night, a few "ghosts" come for him, showing him his past, present, and future.

Scrooge 这才发现：如果再不改，他以后会非常惨。

Only then does Scrooge realize: if he doesn't change, his future will be grim.

更有意思的是，这一次的导演 Ti West，本来是拍恐怖片的。

What's more interesting: this time the director, Ti West, originally made horror films.

所以，这一版 Christmas 故事，除了温暖，还带着一点吓人。

So this version of the Christmas story, on top of being warm, carries a touch of scary.

海报上还有一句话，说得很妙：“这个名字你知道，但这个故事，你没看过。

The poster even has a clever line: "The name you know,

”

but this story, you haven't seen."

对 Johnny Depp 来说，这是六年来，他第一次演大电影的主角。

For Johnny Depp, this is his first time leading a big movie in six years.

一个大家都以为“回不来”的人，能不能像 Scrooge 一样，也得到自己的“第二次机会”？

A man everyone assumed "couldn't come back" — can he, like Scrooge, get his own "second chance"?

这，可能才是这部电影，最让人好奇的地方。

That may be exactly what makes this movie so intriguing.