He's making a comeback.
Public opinion over Depp v Heard was split, but a lot of people have come to Depp’s defence and have misinterpreted the civil libel case as equating to him being cleared of abusing Amber Heard.text messages from June 2013 presented in court
, in which Johnny Depp and Paul Bettany joked about how to kill Heard, with Depp writing: “Let's burn Amber!!!” Paul wrote back: “I'm not sure we should burn Amber. She is delightful company and pleasing on the eye. We could of course, do the English course of action and perform a drowning test. Thoughts? You have a swimming pool.”
Depp harrowingly replied, “Let's drown her before we burn her!!! I will f*** her burnt corpse afterwards to make sure she is dead.” Amber accused Johnny ofDespite the UK 2018 case, public opinion and Hollywood largely washed over the fact that allegations of abuse had been made against Depp, painting him as the sole victim in the Depp v Heard case and giving him an almost-instant redemption arc.
Aside from the opening at Cannes, Depp has just signed a $20 million contract with Dior, the largest men’s fragrance deal of all time . He is also directing, for the first time in 25 years, a film that stars Al Pacino and will be shown to buyers at Cannes. So, not only has his career not been hurt by these allegations, it seems it’s been helped.
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