Whose idea was it to turn those latter-day Caribbean pirates Johnny Depp, Bill Nighy and (director) Gore Verbinski loose on a cartoon, ostensibly for kids? Because "Rango" requires some explanation.

A would be actor with an identity crisis, stranded in a strange place, takes on a pseudonym inspired by a tequila bottle "Rango" and invents an elaborate fictional backstory so people will think of ...