Johnny Depp admitted Hollywood boycotted him in his first interview since losing in November 2020 a widespread defamation case against British tabloid The Sun.
After a court ruled on 12 of 14 domestic violence charges in a 2018 article that used the phrase “violent husband” against ex-wife Amber Heard, the actor was forced to step down from his role as villain Gellert Grindelwad in the next movie in the series, Fantastic Beasts, to be replaced by Dane. Mads Mikkelsen. This year, he lost the appeal to a higher court.
The legal battle continues until April 2022, which prevents him from talking about the legal suit or relationship with the “Aquaman” actress, but Depp described it. The British Sunday Times newspaper [acesso pago] Time since he was accused of domestic violence of “five surrealist years” and his downfall as “sports media bullshit”.
The subject of the interview was Minamata, which, the paper notes, will not be released in the US, prompting director Andrew Levitas to accuse MGM last month of “burying it” due to the personal scandals surrounding it. the actor.
Depp plays W. Eugene Smith, a photographer best known for his work on an essay during World War II who is persuaded by an old friend and Life magazine editor to return to Japan in the early 1970s to document an environmental scandal that would become known as the Minamata disaster. Hundreds of people were poisoned in that port city in Japan due to the negligence of a decades-old company that authorities were also covering up.
Despite describing his problems as trivial compared to those of these victims or “people who have suffered from COVID,” Depp still regrets that his association with the film, who is also a producer, skews attention and affected distribution.
“We looked these people in the eyes and promised we wouldn’t be exploitative. That the movie be respectful. I think we kept our share of the bargain, but those who came in later should keep their role too. Some movies touch people and it affects people in Minamata and people who pass by. With similar things. And for what… to interrupt Hollywood for me? A man, an actor in an unpleasant and complicated situation, for the past few years?”
It is noteworthy that the actress returned to the front line of the media after the San Sebastian Film Festival announced last week that it had awarded her an award in the edition that takes place between 17 and 25 September, which was denounced by the Spanish Association of Women Filmmakers. Media Audiovisuals (CIMA, acronym in Spanish) condemned the festival’s decision.
Last Friday, the festival’s director, Jose Luis Ribordinos, reaffirmed the event’s commitment to “fighting inequality, abuse of power and violence against women,” but stressed that “the festival’s moral obligations cannot only say respect for women’s problems in a patriarchal society” despite From the dire nature of the situation, where hundreds of women are killed every year as a result of men’s crimes.”
“When lynchings are repeated on social media, we will always stand up for two fundamental principles that are part of our culture and our body of laws: the principle of presumption of innocence and reintegration. According to the proven information we have so far, Johnny Depp has not been arrested or charged. or convicting them of any form of aggression or violence against any woman.
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