Johnny Depp is speaking out about being boycotted by Hollywood. During the press conference for his new movie, Jeanne du Barry, at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in France on Wednesday (May 17), the 59-year-old actor opened up about the events following his lengthy defamation trials involving his ex-wife, Amber Heard.
After the trials concluded at the end of last year, many fans, critics, and his peers in Hollywood, boycotted any future projects of his as they stood against domestic abuse.
While speaking to Deadline, Johnny opened up about if he felt the effects of a boycott of his work. Keep reading to find out more… The outlet reference an interview he did with The Sunday Times in 2021 about the boycott. “Did I feel a boycott by Hollywood?
Well, you’d have to not have a pulse to feel at that point, ‘None of this is happening, it’s just a weird joke or I have been asleep for 35 years,’” he said. “Of course, when you’re asked to resign from a film you’re doing, because of something that is merely a bunch of kind of vowels and consonants floating in the air, you feel a boycott.” Now, Johnny says that he doesn’t feel one at all. “I don’t feel boycotted by Hollywood because I don’t think about Hollywood,” he added. “I don’t have much further need for Hollywood myself,” he added. “I think it’s a very strange, funny time where everybody wants to be themselves, but they can’t, they must fall in line, conform — and if you want to lead this life, I’ll be on the other side.” Just the day before, juror Brie Larson was questioned about if she would see the movie.
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