10:23am Friday 16th March 2007
RUMOURS that Hollywood heartthrob Johnny Depp has moved to the South West gathered pace this week, amid speculation he has splashed out on a £2.5million house in Broomfield.
Despite previous reports in the national press claiming that the Pirates of the Caribbean star had set up home in Timsbury, near Bath, it is now understood the Quantock Hills may be his chosen location.
Several sources claim that Depp, 43, and his partner, French actress and singer Vanessa Paradis, have snapped up a bolt hole in the picturesque hamlet.
Local people have been on the look out to try and catch a glimpse of the couple.
It has also been suggested their children have been booked into a local independent school in Taunton.
Estate agents approached by The Mercury would "neither confirm nor deny" that they had sold a property to the actor.
Depp is regarded as one of Hollywood's finest talents, and is famed for his diverse roles in films including Edward Scissorhands, Donnie Brascoe, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas and From Hell.
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