Johnny Depp assumed his trial against Amber Heard and points to the #MeToo movement

“I served as a model for the crash-tests of the metoo movement” justifies the actor who explains wanting to spread “his” truth after the accusations of his ex-wife.

Since the end of his second trial in 2022, Johnny Depp was rare in the press but also in the cinema.

On the occasion of his return to Hollywood – with a project on one side as a director for Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness and on the other his role in Day Drinker by Marc Webb – The actor granted an interview to The Sunday Times. He evokes several subjects including his isolation, his relationship with his children and to celebrity, but he returns above all to the accusations of domestic violence worn by his ex-wife Amber Heard.

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As a reminder, Depp held two defamation trials : a first against the newspaper Sun who called the actor as “Women’s drummer” in one of his articles and a second against The star ofAquaman About a platform published in the Washington Postin which she presented herself as “An emblematic figure of domestic violence”. The 2022 trial experienced a very strong media coverage And a particular enthusiasm on social networks, in particular by being broadcast live on YouTube.

If the actor has won the trial in addition to the support of the public, the latter nevertheless claims to have “Served as a model for crash tests of the metoo movement”, Before adding: “I spent the in the towel, I absorbed everything. Among the hundreds of people I met in this sector, I wanted to know who was playing the game, and who said that it was better to play it Woke”. Johnny Depp continues today to refute the accusations brought by Amber Heard ::

“Everyone said: “It will pass!” But I can’t trust it. What is going to pass? The fiction sold worldwide? No, she will not disappear. If I do not try to make my truth tell, it will be as if I had really committed the acts that I am accused of. ”

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Since this case, the emblematic actor of Jack Sparrow andEdward in the hands of Argents is more discreet on the screen. He had also been forced to leave the franchise Fantastic Following the first trial of 2019. Since then, we only saw it in the French film Jeanne Dubarry maïwennin the role of Louis XV. But Hollywood seems ready to reconnect with him since he holds one of the main roles in Marc Webb’s next film (The Amazing Spider-Man),, Day Drinker.

Depp again shares the poster with Penélope Cruzafter their previous collaborations in Work,, The crime of the Orient-Express And Caribbean pirates. Currently in production, the thriller should be released in 2026. Depp is also occupied by the realization of his Biopic on the Italian artist Modiglianiwhich should soon come out. Three years later, the events already seem to have been forgotten.