Lily-Rose Depp shares uncommon perception into her uncommon childhood with brother Jack as she reveals she is ‘so grateful’ to their well-known dad and mom

Lily-Rose Depp has given some rare insight into her childhood with brother Jack and their famous parents – Hollywood heavyweight Johnny Depp, 61, and French actress Vanessa Paradis, 51.

Speaking to her friend Natalie Portman, who she’s known since she was a child, for Interview Magazine, Lily-Rose admitted her latest role in vampire flick Nosferatu has earned her some ‘cool’ points with her little brother Jack, 22.

Jack has remained out of the spotlight unlike his famous family, but Lily-Rose, 25, has called him ‘the coolest person ever’ and says he’s fully supportive of her latest starring role. 

‘This one in particular was big for me, because my brother and I both were super obsessed with Dracula when we were younger. My brother used to dress up like Dracula when he was a kid for school,’ Lily-Rose recalled.

‘I was like, “Wow, if I get this part my brother’s going to finally think I’m cool,” ‘ she added. ‘It’s the classic thing of when you have a younger sibling, they think you’re so cool when you’re kids, and then when you get older, now I think he’s so cool, and I’m like, “Let’s hang!” And he’s like, “I’m busy.” But yeah, I think I got some points with this one.’

Lily-Rose also has a close relationship with her parents and told her friend Natalie that she is “so grateful” to them for making her and Jack’s childhood as normal as possible despite their nomadic lifestyle. 

‘I definitely want to have kids and when that time comes, I’ll be bringing them around. I grew up that way, and as much as there were moments where I was like, “I want to be at school with my friends,” now that I’m older, I’m so grateful,’ she explained of her upbringing on film sets.

‘Not only that I have traveled so much, thanks to my parents having to bring me around, but also for what I now see as the work that they put into making sure that my brother and I had a life in these places that were not ours. ‘

‘At the time I wouldn’t have seen it, but now I see that as conscious efforts that my parents were making to make me and my brother feel at home.’

Unlike Johnny and now Lily-Rose, Jack has remained out of the spotlight, and didn’t seem to be too interested in following in his father’s footsteps back in 2014.

‘My boy, Jack, has always been a very talented draftsman,’ Johnny told the Philippine Daily Inquirer at the time.

‘He draws really super well. He also plays music very well. He’s got a good feel for that. Aside from school plays and things, he hasn’t shown any desire to become an actor. Whew.’ 

Johnny also shared with Rolling Stone in 2018 that his son was part of a band called Clown Boner, in which he follows in his dad’s footsteps by playing guitar. 

Lily-Rose meanwhile has previously slammed the idea that she has landed roles due to family connections but has admitted she has ‘had a foot in the door’ thanks to Johnny and Vanessa. 

‘Nothing is going to get you the part except for being right for the part.’ she told Elle in 2022.

‘The internet cares a lot more about who your family is than the people who are casting you in things. Maybe you get your foot in the door, but you still just have your foot in the door. There’s a lot of work that comes after that.’ 

Lily-Rose has had a huge renaissance after the flop of her HBO series The Idol –  according to critics who have watched Nosferatu. 

The actress starred in The Idol last year alongside The Weeknd, but it ended after just five episodes following substantial backlash over its disturbing content. 

However, her performance in the reboot of the classic 1922 movie Nosferatu has been hailed by critics and received a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. 

Early reviewers have declared Lily-Rose has broken away from the nepo-baby mould and is ‘outstanding’ as Ellen Hutter, a young woman suffering from seizures when possessed by vampire Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård) in the Robert Eggers chilling remake.  

Some critics have even claimed Lily-Rose could earn Oscar recognition for the film, which premiered in Berlin on Monday night and is set for release on January 3.  

The Telegraph’s Tim Robey awarded Nosferatu three stars out of five and wrote Lily is the ‘one to watch’. 

‘Lily opens the film screaming, thrusts herself bodily into striking fits of eroticised demon-possession, and gives the best performance,’ he wrote. 

‘Gory and gorgeous, this extravagantly sexual spin on Dracula, following in the brisker footsteps of FW Murnau in 1922  (who was sued over his unofficial adaptation) and Werner Herzog in 1979, picks a pace to match its supremely glacial style. Rather than pouncing, it lurks, with an undeniably imposing way of making an entrance.’ 

Yahoo’s Jonathan Sim chimed: ‘2024 has had no shortage of masterful horror movie performances. From Nell Tiger Free in The First Omen to Naomi Scott in Smile 2, female actors have been crushing it. 

‘We can add another name to the list of incredible performances: Lily-Rose Depp. Anya Taylor-Joy was initially cast as Ellen before being replaced by Depp.