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On the same day that the Walt Disney Co. estimated it may lose as much as $190 million on the disastrous “Lone Ranger,” a British interview with the filmmakers surfaced in which the creative team blamed the epic failure on ... American critics.
In a junket interview with Yahoo UK/Ireland, “Lone Ranger” stars Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer, director Gore Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer said that reviewers torpedoed the film by prejudging it.
“I think the reviews were probably written when they heard that Gore and Jerry and I were going to do ‘The Lone Ranger,’” Depp said of the $250-million production. “I think that Gore made a very brave film.”
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