From pirate to bat-eater

Following his impersonation of Keith Richards in "Pirates of the Caribbean" Johnny Depp looks set to play veteran rocker Ozzy Osbourne in a new film.

11:57 24 June 2004

Following his impersonation of Keith Richards in "Pirates of the Caribbean" Johnny Depp looks set to play veteran rocker Ozzy Osbourne in a new film.

Ozzy was the hell-raising lead singer of "Black Sabbath" in the 1970s and he shot back to fame in 2002 when MTV released a documentary about his life at home now.

The series gave a powerful insight into the former heavy metal icon, turned henpecked middle-aged man and proved a huge international success.

Now Johnny Depp is in talks to play Ozzy in a film about his life.

Sharon Osbourne, wife of the retired rocker, told Kerrang! magazine that nothing was 100 per cent certain, but that Ozzy was talking to Depp about the role .