Johnny Depp Close Call on 'Lone Ranger' Set, 'Horrifically Mangled' [VIDEO]

Johnny Depp shared his close call on "The Lone Ranger" set during his appearance on "Late Show with David Letterman," Thursday night.

The actor while filming the new Disney flick had a scene of riding on a horse that could have left him "horrifically mangled."

"We were shooting at a different place in the desert where there's these little bumps and things," Depp shared to Letterman, wearing scarves and signature brimmed hat.

"And so the horse that I was on decided to jump a couple of these little obstacles. The horse was unaware that the saddle I was wearing to sit on top of it was jury-rigged, kind of faked ... to give the effect that I'm riding bareback. So basically it's not very tight on the horse. So when we came down, the saddle slipped and I went to the left and had the reins here and somehow had the wherewithal to grab the mane of the horse. All very calm for some reason, I figured that fear would kick in but it didn't. I was waiting," he said with a laugh.

"So, what do you do when you're in that position?" Letterman asked.

"Well you make a decision: Will I go with the beast until someone wrangles it or will I drop? You know, It's a crapshoot," the actor said.

"And what did you choose?"

"I dropped," Depp said straight-faced. "It landed on my back, hit the deck pretty hard and the one thing that saved me was the horse's instinct to lift his front legs and go over me, step over me. Had he not, it was coming straight down into the head."

Disney's upcoming action western film "The Lone Ranger" directed by Gore Verbinski, also stars Armie Hammer is set to hit theaters July 3.

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