Johnny Depp & Amber Heard's Trial Is Getting a Movie
Johnny Depp has made his large onscreen comeback—in style, and with controversy.
After years of ineligible turmoil with ex-wife Amber Heard stalled his acting career, the Pirates of the Caribbean histrion returned to the spotlight to star in Rihanna's Savage x Fenty Vol 4 manner show. Looking similar a stone prima mentation of his pirate quality Jack Sparrow, Depp showcased achromatic eyeliner, flowing hair, a mustache, psyche spot and trimmed beard and a acheronian patterned shirt opened to partially uncover his jewelry-adorned chest, nether a brownish coat.
Depp made his intro portion leaning against a histrion and staring seductively astatine the camera. As OutKast's "So Fresh, So Clean" played successful the background, helium walked dilatory done a smoky wood earlier hugging different tree.
The star-studded event premiered connected Amazon Prime Video Nov. 9, 5 months aft Depp won a victory against Heard successful a highly publicized defamation trial that delved into accusations of abuse of 1 another.
Since quality of his quality emerged, Depp's critics have questioned Rihanna—the enforcement shaper and originative manager of the manner show, who is a domestic violence victim—and Fenty connected societal media implicit his participation astatine the event, with 1 Twitter idiosyncratic calling the determination "disappointing."
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Depp had sued Heard for $50 cardinal implicit a 2018 Washington Post op-ed, successful which she stated that 2 years prior, she "became a nationalist fig representing home abuse." While she did not sanction her ex, she did publically impeach the actor of domestic violence successful a 2016 restraining order she obtained aft her divorcement filing. Depp, who denied her allegations, alleged successful his filing that Heard herself "violently abused" him. During the trial, Heard testified that she "didn't battle Johnny, ever."
Rihanna's Savage x Fenty manner amusement marked Depp's 2nd onscreen gig since the extremity of the trial, successful which Heard was recovered liable for defaming him with her op-ed and was ordered to wage him much than $10 cardinal successful damages. (The jury besides ordered him to wage the actress, who filed a countersuit, $2 cardinal due to the fact that his lawyer had accused her of perpetrating a "hoax.") Depp's archetypal on-camera quality since the proceedings ended was a pre-recorded cameo astatine the opening of the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards in August.
Amid his ineligible woes with Heard, Depp acted sporadically, astir precocious appearing on-camera successful the 2020 autarkic movie Minamata. In 2020, aft losing a libel case against a U.K. paper that had labeled him a "wife beater"—an allegation helium denied, the actor resigned from Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, the 3rd film in the palmy Harry Potter prequel series, at studio Warner Bros.' request.
Despite his court battles with his ex-wife, Depp continued his euphony career. His band Hollywood Vampires, made up of himself, Alice Cooper and Aerosmith's Joe Perry, recently announced a U.K. arena tour.
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