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Fear & loathing with HST

Johnny Depp recalls his first encounter with Hunter S. Thompson: “...I see the door spring open, and I see sparks! I realized there was a large-ish, three-foot cattle prod and a Taser gun, and the sea began to part — people were leaping and hurling themselves out of the path of the mayhem that was approaching ...” The actor stars in the film of Thompson’s The Rum Diary, opening Friday. Writing in The Daily Beast, he opens up about his time with the Gonzo firebrand, “the very definition of a Southern gentleman.” See Word

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Photo: Hunter Thompson, June 2003: Getty Images via Yahoo! Sports