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"Johnny Depp has discussed his role in The Lone Ranger.  The actor, who plays the Lone Ranger&amp;#039;s Native American companion Tonto in Gore Verbinski&amp;#039;s new adaptation, spoke to Total Film about the character&amp;#039;s ethnicity and the importance of making him &amp;quot;more than a sidekick&amp;quot;.   &amp;quot;Since cinema has been around, Native Americans have been treated very poorly by Hollywood,&amp;quot; Depp said. &amp;quot;What I wanted to do was play Tonto not as a sidekick - like &amp;#039;Go fetch a soda for me, boy!&amp;#039; - but as a warrior with integrity and dignity.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s my small sliver of a contribution to try to right the wrongs of the past.&amp;quot; Director Gore Verbinski collaborates with Depp for the fifth time on The Lone Ranger, which sees Tonto join forces with Armie Hammer&amp;#039;s masked hero to fight against greed and corruption. William Fichtner and Tom Wilkinson play villains Butch Cavendish and Latham Cole, while Ruth Wilson portrays the Lone Ranger&amp;#039;s sister-in-law Rebecca Reid. Pirates of the Caribbean scribes Ted Elliott &amp;amp; Terry Rossio co-wrote the script with Justin Haythe (Revolutionary Road).  The Lone Ranger will be released on July 3 in the US, and August 9 in the UK.  Watch a trailer below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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