 Bruce Robinson, director of _Withnail & I (1987)_ (qv), was asked by  Johnny Depp (qv) to write and direct "Fear and Loathing in Las  Vegas". Robinson turned the offer down, saying he couldnt see "how  you could get that one on the screen." Conversely, Robinson later  accepted an offer to write and direct a screen adaptation of  Thompsons novel _Rum Diary, The (2008)_ (qv).