The festival, however, was having none of it. The actor was allowed to respond to a question about his view on the film biz in As someone who takes part in the creation of cinema, how much more formula do we need from the likes of studios?
How much more condescension do we need as audiences? I think that Hollywood has grotesquely underestimated the audience. If this had been an episode of Through the Keyhole, the mystery of to whom this table belonged would have been solved in the opening credits.
On the one hand, for a man to have the same heroes at 57 as he did at 21 would seem to prove the old adage that the age you become famous is the age you stop growing. Depp also proves another old adage: never trust a man over 30 who reveres Hunter S Thompson.
Whereas most actors pick up causes and side interests the way other people go through takeaway sandwiches, Depp has been enduringly faithful to his original loves. Throughout his career, he sought out friendships with Richards, Thompson, Brando and Allen Ginsberg, which gave him a reflected retro sheen. He seemed to be from the past, his LA a grubby 50s version, as opposed to the glitzy 90s one in which he lived. I always felt like I was meant to have been born in another era, another time.
That year, Phoenix collapsed and died outside it from an overdose. In , Depp announced he and Paradis were separating, and he was now dating Heard. I will fuck her burnt corpse afterwards to make sure she is dead.
His reputation for professionalism started to crack. He delayed the shooting of the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean film because of what he said was a hand injury — which Heard claimed in court occurred when he punched a wall during one of their fights — and there were reports from that set that Depp was drinking heavily and needed to have his lines fed to him through an earpiece.
But probably one of the better clues came from Jerry Bruckheimer, who produces the Pirates franchise. It has been a long time now since Depp was cool. The photos of him in London during the case, wearing a Rasta hat and matching striped T-shirt, brought a sad pang for those old enough to remember when he was the most stylish man in the world.
His last genuinely good film was Sweeney Todd in , and he has spent the past few years making turkeys such as Lone Ranger, The Tourist and a genuinely unbearable cologne advert. His loyal fans would say that it all went wrong when he left Paradis for Heard in But it feels that the rot started before that. His life quickly became absurd. The whole thing is grotesquely over the top and crassly predictable, with Depp wanging on and on and on about Thompson and Richards, and sharing the advice Brando gave him about how to buy an island.
He insisted that his former managers had stolen millions from him; they claimed he had spent it. Who, really, can maintain any sense of reality when they are dealing with those sums of money? Maybe some people, but not fiftysomethings who idolise Hunter S Thompson. Depp made the classic fanboy mistake of focusing only on the glamorous, external trappings of his heroes. But all of them wrestled with the question of how hellraisers deal with getting older in a way that Depp, apparently, has not.
Depp is suing The Sun's publisher over an April article that said he had physically abused Heard. The actor's team also said Heard had begun an affair with Tesla boss Elon Musk in early The actor had filed a libel suit against British newspaper The Sun that referred to Depp as a 'wife -beater'.
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Read more: Depp loses 'wife-beater' libel case again The Sun. From court to media circus. Image source, EPA. Crowds of reporters and fans surrounded Mr Depp as he arrived at court. This was a strange court case. Inside the High Court, it was even more peculiar.
Depp fans gathered outside court in the hope of seeing the actor. The 'wife-beating' accusations. Image source, Reuters. Why London? Image source, Julia Quenzler. But why did this battle begin in the UK? What is libel and how does it work? Actress, activist and campaigner. Amber Heard made a statement to reporters on the final day of the case. Image source, PA Media. Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis attended the Oscars. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
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