Former Doors members happy with Depp¡¯s role in group¡¯s docu

Former members of The Doors have given Johnny Depp the green signal for his role in a new film about the legendary rock group.

The Pirates Of The Caribbean star will be narrating When You”re Strange: A Film About The Doors and reading Jim Morrison’’s poetry in the feature-length documentary, reports The Mirror.

Drummer John Densmore said of Depp: “He just got it, he is an icon, he understands Jim.”

Guitarist Robby Krieger added: “He has got this great voice and it sounds like he really cares about what he is saying.”

He said: “We tried a few other guys before Johnny Depp. It just didn”t work. But this was right on. I heard later that he was a big Doors fan. I said ”That’’s why he did so good.””

The forthcoming film features never-before-seen footage of the late Jim from an experimental film called HWY (Highway).

Keyboardist Ray Manzarek said of watching the footage: “Jim is alive again. It was fabulous. It’’s like he is not gone. There he is, man. he is right up on the screen.”