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Depp Discusses Daughter's Health Scare

Johnny Depp still isn't giving details of the mystery illness that sent his daughter to the hospital last March, but when it comes to his own emotions over the health scare, he's less tight-lipped.

"To say it was the darkest moment, that's nothing," the actor tells Entertainment Weekly. "It doesn't come close to describing it. Words are so small."

During the time Lily-Rose, then 7, was ill, Depp took a break from production on Sweeney Todd to be by his daughter's bedside until she recovered.

At the time, the film was about three weeks into shooting, and Depp was unsure whether he would be able to complete the role.

"I didn't know if I was coming back," he recalls. "I remember talking with [director Tim Burton], saying, 'Maybe you need to recast.' "

However, Burton and the rest of the crew stood by Depp and worked around his parental responsibilities.

"We've adjusted his schedule to fit in with his needs," DreamWorks said in a statement at the time. "Everybody's with them in good spirits."

Lily-Rose, now 8, has since made a full recovery and will suffer no lasting effects from the malaise, much to the relief of Depp and partner Vanessa Paradis.

"Now every single millisecond is a minicelebration, man," Depp says. "Every time we get to breathe in and exhale is a huge victory. She pulled through beautifully, perfectly, with no lasting anything."

Once the child was given a clean bill of health, Depp headed back to work on Sweeney Todd, the big-screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical about the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

The film, costarring Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen, marks Depp's sixth collaboration with Burton and is slated to open Dec. 21.

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