Blast from the past! Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder were one of the biggest couples of the early ‘90s — and their love story still captivates fans despite their split.The Pirates of the Caribbean actor and the Beetlejuice star met at a New York City film premiere in 1989, and according to Depp, it was love at first sight.“I was getting a Coke,” Depp recalled to the Rolling Stone in January 1991 of their first encounter. “It was a classic glance, like, the zoom lenses in West Side Story, and everything else gets foggy.”Within months, the actors were engaged and costarring in 1990’s Edward Scissorhands, which helped boost both of their careers.
While Ryder was only 17 when she met Depp, she knew he was something special.“I had my first real relationship with Johnny, a fiercely deep love that I don’t know that I’ll ever [have again],” the Heathers star told Cinema.com in 2001. “The first love is like that isn’t it?
I don’t know today. It was a real wild time back then.”The twosome called off their engagement after three years. Following their breakup, Depp famously switched his “Winona forever” tattoo to “Wino forever.” He didn’t, however, regret getting his ex’s name inked on his body.“It’s no longer there.
We’ve split up,” the 21 Jump Street actor said during a 1993 appearance on Australia Tonight. “I think these things, to me — these tattoos, for me — are a journal.
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