Johnny Depp returns to cinemas this year for the first time since 2020 in his new historical-fiction movie Jeanne du Barry. However, the former Pirates of the Caribbean star was supposed to hit silver screens a lot sooner than that in the 2022 Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
Depp played the villain Gellert Grindelwald in the first film in the series, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and reprised his role in the follow-up, The Crimes of Grindelwald.
But after Depp lost his libel case against The Sun in the UK, he was "asked to step down" from the role by Warner Bros. Now, while promoting Jeanne du Barry at Cannes, Depp has opened up about how this surreal experience made him feel. "Did I feel boycotted by Hollywood?" Depp said, according to Page Six. "Well, you'd have to not have a pulse to feel at that point like this was all just a weird joke. "READ MORE: Johnny Depp compared to Jack Sparrow over 'rotting' teeth as he grins at CannesDepp went on to reference his exit from The Secrets of Dumbledore, saying: "When you're asked to resign from a film you're doing because of something that's merely a bunch of vowels and consonants floating in the air. . . " before trailing off.
He later added: "Do I feel boycotted now? No, not at all. But I don't feel boycotted, because I don't think about Hollywood.
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