In his defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard, Johnny Depp confidently expressed himself when asked by Heard’s attorney Ben Rottenborn about working on the mega-film franchise “The Pirates of the Caribbean.” Notably, the actor’s attention was brought to an online article by Daily Mail from October 2018, which suggested Disney would dump him from the sixth installment.
In response, the Murder on the Orient Express star claimed he wasn’t aware of that, but it doesn’t surprise him.
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He further testified: “Two years had gone by of constant worldwide talk about me being this wife-beater. So I’m sure that Disney was trying to cut ties to be safe. The #MeToo movement was in full swing at that point.” Depp had launched a $50milion lawsuit after Heard wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post, where she admitted she was a survivor of domestic violence.But she never named Depp in the article; however, the actor strongly believes his career was ruined due to the backlash he received online and in person.
Rottenborn also alleged that Depp wasn’t that sure about being in another Pirates film even with Heard's op-ed. He again asked: “the fact is, Mr. Depp if Disney came to you with $300million and a million alpacas, nothing on this earth would get you to go back and work with Disney on a Pirates of the Caribbean film? Correct?”
Depp replied: “That is true, Mr. Rottenborn.”
Rottenborn appeared to distinguish if the Aquaman star’s Washington post article affected his career once it was published. To this, Depp insisted it did, telling the court: “I would be a real simpleton to not think that there was an effect on my career based on Ms. Heard’s words, whether they mentioned my name or not.”
He admitted his image and reputation were damaged when Heard first accused him of physical abuse, shortly after they filed for divorce in May 2016.
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“Once that happened, I lost then. No matter the outcome of this trial, I’ll carry that for the rest of my days,” Depp expressed. While the Daily Mail article suggested he might be pulled out from the film, the actor claimed Disney still wanted to rake in the revenue from his character as they haven’t removed him from the rides. He said they didn’t stop selling dolls of Captain Jack Sparrow and added: “They just didn’t want there to be something trailing behind me that they’d find.”Despite being the star of the film, Depp confirmed on April 20th while taking the stand that he hadn’t seen the first The Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
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