Lily-Rose Depp offers rare insight into her relationship with her brother Jack

Lily-Rose Depp offers rare insight into her relationship with her brother Jack

Lily-Rose Depp has reflected on her bond with her younger brother Jack Depp.

At an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday (December 16th), the Nosferatu Star revealed that she and her brother shared a love of classic monster stories while growing up.

“I’ve always been a fan of the Dracula story,” she told Fallon. “My brother and I were obsessed with Abbott and Costello as kids, and you know, they have a whole, like…” Meet the monsters Series.”

The legendary comedy duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello left an impression on the Depp siblings, especially them Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein Episode with actor Bela Lugosi.

“My brother was three or four years old at the time and he started dressing up like Dracula and reading the lines really seriously,” the 25-year-old actor remembers. “So in a way I grew up as the older sister of Dracula.”

Lily-Rose Depp opens up about her and her brother's shared love of monster movies (AFP via Getty Images)

Lily-Rose Depp opens up about her and her brother’s shared love of monster movies (AFP via Getty Images)

Now Lily-Rose stars in Robert Eggers’ upcoming adaptation of Bram Stokers Dracula, titled Nosferatu, which hits theaters in the US on Christmas Day.

Elsewhere during her appearance, she explained how the film brought back fond memories of her 22-year-old brother. “When I got the opportunity to audition for this film, I thought, ‘How full circle,'” she said. “Maybe I can get some cool points with my brother.”

According to the idol Star, Jack has already seen the film and agrees. “He saw the film. He loved the film,” she shared. “It’s the story of a young woman in the 19th century who is haunted by this ancient vampire, and from that connection comes a lot of chaos and a great story.”

Lily-Rose and Jack Depp are the only two children of former couple Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis. While her daughter has built a successful career in Hollywood, her son has opted for a quieter life away from the spotlight and has no public social media accounts.

He reportedly worked at L’Area, a Lebanese restaurant in Paris, for the past two years. “Jack is a great guy,” said restaurant owner Edouard Chueke Daily Mail in an interview published on December 7th. “He stays out of the spotlight but worked here behind the bar and in the kitchen.”

In 2014 the pirates of the Caribbean Actor told The Philippine Daily Inquirer that Jack has a talent for drawing and music, but has shown no desire to pursue acting. He told the outlet: “Apart from school plays and other things, he hasn’t shown any desire to become an actor. Phew!”

However, Jack played a supporting role alongside his sister in the 2016 film Yoga Hosers.

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