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- In his first interview, Johnny Depp said Hollywood boycotted him since losing a spectacular libel lawsuit against British tabloid The Sun in 2020.
Depp, 58, Johnny Depp spoke with often incomplete answers – described as “riddles” and “broken sentences” – during an interview with The Sunday Times (part of the same publishing group owned by Rupert Murdoch as The Sun). It comes nine months after a British Supreme Court judge said in November 2020 that Depp’s description of The Sun as a “beating wife” in an April 2018 article was “basically correct.”
However, Depp has lost his subsequent legal recourse to appeal the ruling.
After another $50 million libel lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard in April 2022, based on a Washington Post statement on domestic violence, Depp’s people told The Times, “They can, given the upcoming US trial, don’t talk about it.” the lawsuit.” says the article.
But the Caribbean star’s curse points to the “real five years” around the case and speaks of the death of the film industry in his once-great career.
After the trial, Depp was replaced by Mads Mickelsen as the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald in the Fantastic Beasts series. His new film Minamata, which focuses on discovering mercury poisoning in Japanese farmers in the early 1970s by Life photographer W. Eugene Smith, will not be released by MGM in the United States.
“It affects the people in Minamata and the people who experience it. And for all of them…” Depp faltered. “About the boycott of Hollywood, eh, me? A man, an actor in embarrassing and confusing situations over the past few years?”
But you know, I’m moving to where I need to go to do all this…” said Depp, before stepping back and adding: “To reveal something.” Regarding the consequences of a circus such as show business, Depp indirectly refers to the “mathematical absurdity of the media.” “Whatever I’ve been through, I’ve been through.
But at the end regarding the day, this particular arena in my life doesn’t make sense,” he said.
“What are the Minamata people doing? People with COVID? Many people lost their lives,” said Depp. “But what happened to me? It’s like being clawed by a kitten. Depp said he felt supported by his fan base, who “stayed with me on the journey.”
“You’ve always been my employer,” said Depp. “I’m proud of these people for what they’re trying to say, and that’s the truth. The truth they’re trying to get because it’s not in the media. It’s a long road that is sometimes difficult and sometimes stupid.