Johnny Depp may once again take on the role of Captain Jack Sparrow in the upcoming Pirates Of The Caribbean film, an insider close to the movie has suggested.The actor played the lead role in all five of the movies in the franchise, which kicked off in 2003 with The Curse Of The Black Pearl. However, following the last movie — 2017’s Dead Men Tell No Tales — Depp allegedly parted ways with Disney, and would no longer be taking on the character for any further projects.This split came in light of the recent trials between the actor and ex-wife Amber Heard, who claimed that the Hollywood A-lister had physically and emotionally abused her.The conflict between Depp and Heard initiated in 2019, when Depp sued Heard for defamation, following a 2018 op-ed piece she had written for The Washington Post, claiming she was a victim of domestic abuse.The Aquaman actress then countersued Depp the following year, and the case soon made headlines after it went to trial in 2022.Two trials were held, one in the UK and one in the US.
Johnny Depp Doesn’t Feel 'Boycotted By Hollywood' Anymore: 'I’ve Had About 17 Comebacks'
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Johnny Depp is opening up about his return to the big screen after facing a “boycott” for three years.
If you’ve been keeping up with the controversial actor, you may have heard he’s involved in a new film, which is said to be part of his big Hollywood comeback. As you know, he was removed from Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore in 2020, and shunned by the better part of the industry after losing his libel case against a UK tabloid over his ex-wife Amber Heard’s “wife beater” claims the same year. However, as pretty much the whole world knows, he WON his highly publicized defamation case last summer, and has since been inching his way back into the spotlight while attempting to rehabilitate his image.
Now, he’s addressing everything head on.
While speaking at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival press conference Wednesday morning amid his film, Jeanne du Barry’s launch of the celebrated event, he candidly reflected on the rough patch he’s faced the last few years:
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Deadline then asked him if he still feels boycotted by Hollywood, which he previously expressed in a 2021 interview with the Sunday Times, and he shared:
However, he claims to have now moved past those feelings:
If that wasn’t a jab at Hollywood for shutting him out the past few years, we don’t know what is! As for Jeanne du Barry, the three-time Oscar nominee doesn’t love the “comeback” discourse. He explained:
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The 59-year-old still isn’t out of the woods yet, though, as there has been controversy with him attending the coveted film festival at all, let alone his film kicking it off. But he doesn’t let that get him
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