Bela Lugosi's castle is Johnny Depp's newest home.

Depp, who played Lugosi admirer "Ed Wood," bought the Sunset Strip area house for $2.3 million, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday, quoting unidentified sources.Palimony lawyer Marvin Mitchelson purchased the 9,000-square-foot home in 1980 for $1 million and put it on the market last year for $9.9 million.

The house, known as "The Castle," was built in 1922. It was owned in the 1930s by Lugosi, the Hungarian-born actor who played Dracula.

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