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'He's a wonderful man': Johnny Depp to film documentary about Australian MotoGP world champion Mick Doohan

By Danielle Gusmaroli for Daily Mail Australia

Published: 19:00 EST, 7 September 2015 | Updated: 01:28 EST, 8 September 2015

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For five years no one could touch Mick Doohan as he tore around the MotoGP circuit pocketing a tidy $5million a year.

And now the life and times of the Australian five-times world champion is set to become the focus of a documentary to be filmed by Johnny Depp.

The Hollywood star, 51, who grew close to Mick, 50, staying at his luxurious Coomera mansion whilst filming Pirates of the Caribbean, told news.com.au: 'I want to do a documentary about him, he’s a wonderful man.'

Focused: Johnny Depp is poised to make a documentary about MotoGP world champion Mick Doohan who he met filming Pirates of the Caribbean Down Under

It was close pal Mick who spoke on behalf of the actor revealing he found it humorous that he could face jail or fines if found guilty of illegally smuggling his terriers Pistol and Boo into Australia where he had been filming Pirates Of The Caribbean 5.

'To be honest I think he thinks it’s quite humorous,' he told The Courier Mail. 'He’s a humorous type of guy, I think he’s just disappointed about how it's been relentless.'

The Golden Globe-winning star has been told that on November 2 the case into his pooches, said to have been brought into Australia illegally on his private jet, will be heard with a hearing scheduled at Queensland's Gold Coast.

Life in the fast track: Mick is a five-times MotoGP world champion who grew close to the actor letting him and wife Amber Heard stay at his Coomera mansion for five months

Mick opened the doors of his sprawling waterfront mansion on the Gold Coast to Johnny and his wife Amber Heard, 29, as the star filmed Down Under.

The palatial residence has been used by numerous film stars and personalities and Johnny and his much younger wife lived there for five months.

Located in Coomera on Queensland’s shimmering Gold Coast, the property boasts an enormous outdoor pool, tennis courts and 16 hectares of sweeping private grounds that offer picturesque views along the coastline.

Palatial: Mick's residence has been used by numerous film stars and personalities and Johnny lived there while filming the latest instalment of Pirates of the Caribbean

Home to the stars: Angelina Jolie rented Mick's premises while filming her movie Unbroken in Australia

The secluded home provides all the accoutrements one would expect a famous film star needs including an exterior living room, a jetty and a private helicopter hangar.

Motorcycle racer Mick is a friend to the stars having dominated the sport, winning a world record 12 Grand Prix events in a season in 1997, before retiring two years later.

He narrowly escaped having his leg amputated after suffering a broken right leg as well as smashed shoulder and left wrist in a crash in Spain.

Legend: Former 500cc World Champion Mick returns to the pit lane after riding a Honda MotoGp bike prior to the Australian MotoGP in 2012

Jack is back: Johnny reprised his role of Captain Jack Sparrow in the fifth instalment of the Disney movie and spent time with Mick at his Gold Coast mansion

He left hospital with two plates and 12 screws his right leg, and a plate in his left forearm.

Since retiring he maintained an involvement in grand prix racing as general manager of Racing for Honda Racing Corporation, from 2000 to the end of 2004.

He later turned his sights to aviation after gaining his helicopter pilots licence.

These days he spends time with his family, his wife Selina and their two children Allexis and Jack at their home on the Gold Coast expanding businesses around Australia, Europe and America.