Well, my irritation with him has nothing to do with the fangirls that swoon over him. I've swooned over him! It's precisely what you said in paragraph two. How come it was so easy for him to stick to his principles when he didn't have two cents to his name, and now he's a billionaire he's doing this crap? Is he terrified that they'll cast someone else? I can't tell you with what relief I saw Helena Bonham-Carter in the King's Speech actually acting. These Tim Burton fantasies have limitations and it's reached a point where these actors aren't acting anymore. They are his cartoon characters. Johnny needs to step back and do a few no-name indies, working for peanuts, maybe even working for free. It's depressing seeing him squander his gifts this way for THESE people.