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"British director Bruce Robinson will be forever synonymous with booze-fuelled classic Withnail &amp;amp; I, but few people may know that he was also Johnny Depp&amp;#039;s first choice to direct Fear &amp;amp; Loathing in Las Vegas.  The modest director tells Digital Spy why he turned down that opportunity and how, over a decade later, Depp finally convinced him to take the reins on The Rum Diary. Robinson also discusses Richard E Grant&amp;#039;s magnificent drunk acting in Withnail &amp;amp; I and why he never wants to repeat the Hollywood experience. The Rum Diary opens in UK cinemas on Friday (November 11). "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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