Can't they find a real Indian ?
LOL

We haven’t decided who is going to play the Lone Ranger yet. Get a director first and
then figure it out,” he said in a published interview.
That leaves open some wide speculation as to who will wear the mask and ride the
great, white stallion. If Bruckheimer knows, he’s playing his cards close to his vest.
According to the Ineternet Movie Data Base Web site, the movie is executive produced
by Chad Oman and Mike Stenson, who work often with Bruckheimer.
As for Depp, the only confirmed actor at the time of this writing, he claims to be part
Indian.
According to his profile on IMDB, “He has said in interviews that he is of Cherokee, Irish,
and German descent, with some Navajo as well. Asked the origin of his last name by
James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio, Johnny Depp said his name means ‘idiot’ in
German.”