London Film Fest sees surprise from Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp has made a surprise appearance at the London Film Festival to give a career honour to horror icon Christopher Lee.

Depp called Lee “a national treasure” and “a genuine artist” as he presented the 91-year-old actor with a British Film Institute Fellowship on Saturday.

He said it had been “a childhood dream come true” to work with Lee. The two actors appeared together in Tim Burton’s “Sleepy Hollow,” “Dark Shadows” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”