Johnny Depp Claims Hollywood’s Boycotting Him in Wake of Losing Amber Heard Libel Suit

In 2020, a decide dominated that British tabloid The Solar‘s description of Johnny Depp as a “wife-beater” in a 2018 tale was “substantially true” in the actor’s libel scenario from the outlet. The Mortdecai actor is working to overturn the ruling even though he awaits for his $50 million defamation match from ex-wife Amber Listened to, who accused him of abuse in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed, to go to trial subsequent April. In the meantime, he’s bemoaning his shrinking prospects in just Hollywood circles in his initially interview due to the fact getting rid of his libel accommodate.

In an job interview with The Sunday Situations, Depp talked over what he promises to be “Hollywood’s boycott of me” whilst dancing all-around his situation and his partnership with Read, which he is not lawfully permitted to talk about publicly. The actor has been striving to advertise his future film Minamata, in which he performs real-life photographer W. Eugene Smith. But he does not imagine the film is obtaining the notice or advertising push it should because of to his really public current particular lifetime.

Above the program of courtroom proceedings, Listened to testified to many years of alleged abuse by Depp, saying that he “explicitly threatened to kill me quite a few instances, primarily afterwards in our relationship.” She also said that he had hit both equally her and her sister, Whitney, and threatened to toss Whitney down stairs, between other stories. In all, Heard thorough 14 situations of alleged assault by Depp.

Pursuing its premiere in the U.K. and Ireland, Minamata does not still have a U.S. release day. “Some films touch persons,” Depp advised The Sunday Instances. “And this influences those people in Minamata and people who practical experience identical matters. And for everything … for Hollywood’s boycott of me? One particular gentleman, one actor in an uncomfortable and messy condition, in excess of the very last number of many years?” He reported he is “moving towards wherever I want to go to make all that…to carry items to light-weight.”

In November 2020, Depp resigned from Warner Bros.’ Great Beasts franchise at the request of the studio. Prior to that, the studio as nicely as director David Yates and screenwriter/writer J.K. Rowling experienced publicly supplied their guidance for the actor in 2017. Depp explained his current placement in Hollywood as an “absurdity of media mathematics.”

“Whatever I’ve long gone by way of, I’ve long gone via,” he claimed. “But, ultimately, this unique arena of my daily life has been so absurd…”

Depp also thanked his fans for their help.

“They have often been my businesses. They are all our companies. They acquire tickets, items. They built all of these studios rich, but they forgot that a extended time in the past. I surely haven’t,” Depp mentioned.

Depp will subsequent lend his voice to the future cell-first animated series Puffins.