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Johnny Depp has signed up to play a Hungarian bankrobber in a new movie.
The film is based on the bizarre true story of a former ice-hockey goalie who turned to crime and became a folk hero in his native country thanks to his charm and gentlemanly conduct.
The 41-year-old Finding Neverland star will play Attila Ambrus in an adaptation of Julian Rubinstein's bestselling book The Ballad of the Whiskey Robber set in the 90s in post-communist Hungary.
Depp and Warner Bros have bought the film rights to Rubinstein's book in a "high six-figure deal," reports the New York Post.
Ambrus, a Transylvanian refugee, turned to robbing banks after failing at several jobs including gravedigger, pelt-smuggler, church painter and a pro-ice hockey player.
Despite robbing nearly 30 banks in six years, Ambrus, also known as the Whiskey Robber, became a folk hero inspiring songs and newspaper tributes.
He was always unfailingly polite to bank tellers, even bringing them roses, and thoughtfully left champagne for harassed police investigators.
When he was finally arrested in 1999 he became a television star giving amusing interviews confessing from his prison cells, "I always liked fast money, women, and cars."
After just a year in prison he escaped using a rope made of shredded sheets and shoe laces and even began robbing again increasing his legendary status although he was soon re-arrested and has remained in jail.
THis wil be a MASTERPIECE
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