Johnny Depp talked about his trial with Amber Heard: “I was like a subject of evidence for #Metoo”

Johnny Depp And his ex -wife, Amber HeardThey starred in one of the most media legal battles in recent years. She accused him of aggressions and domestic violence, while he claimed that it was defamation. The jury ended up failing in favor of the interpreter, whose career and public image, in any case, were seriously harmed. Now, in an extensive interview with The Times UK, Depp said it was “A subject of tests for #Metoo”.

“My return? I really did not go anywhere”said. “If I had the opportunity to leave, I would never come back.”

The actor who described his expulsion from Hollywood as a “boycott”, praised the San Sebastian International Film Festival for supporting him despite “all articles of criticism and nonsense.” In 2021, the Festival granted him the prestigious Donostia, his top award, and last year, his second work as director, modi: three days in the wings of madness, he received a long ovation from the public.

“No, I don’t regret anything, because, really, what can we do with dinner last week? Not a shit!” He said about the publicized trial with Heard.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s trial

In 2022, Depp and Heard got involved in a contentious judicial battle during which a jury unanimously found that he was defamed. After Heard presented an appeal of the verdict, the two announced separately that the case had been resolved and that the money paid by Heard was destined for charity. The case was derived from an opinion article of the Washington Post of 2018 in which Heard said he was a survivor of domestic violence Not to mention the name of Depp.

When asked why he had opted for the public trial in the United States, Depp replied: “Look, I had already gone too far. He knew he would have to gut to half. Everyone said:” It’s over! ” If I do not try to represent the truth, it will be as if I had really committed the acts of which I am accused. And my children will have to live with it. Your children. Children I have met in hospitals. So the night before the trial in Virginia was not nervous. If I don’t have to memorize dialogues, if you simply tell the truth, to luck? “

He continued: “Look, none of this was going to be easy, but I didn’t care. ‘I thought:” I will fight until the end.’ “

“I will tell you what hurts. There are people, and I think of three, who hurt me. Those people were at my children’s parties. They threw them through the air. And, look, I understand people who could not defend me because the scariest thing for them was to make the right decision,” he said. “I was pre- #Metoo. It was like a subject of tests for #Metoo. It was before Harvey Weinstein. And I absorb everything. So I wanted, of the hundreds of people I have met in that industry, see who was sure.

As for his career as an actor, Depp will meet with Penelope Cruzco -star of Pirates of the Caribbeanin the next Lionsgate movie, Day Drinkerwhich also presents Madelyn Cline. In addition, you are recording the movie of Terry Gilliam. Carnival: At the end of the daysnext to Adam Driver, Jeff Bridges and Jason Momoa.