The fans of Johnny Depp They could be very disappointed because the American actor has no intention of working with Disney again.
If his decision is firm – and from the most recent versions, it seems so – it would be a bucket of cold water for those who yearn to see him again in the skin of the feared, skilled and charismatic captain Jack Sparrow in his adventures through the islands of the Caribbean Sea.
An exclusive note from Daily Mailwho cites close friends of Depp as sources, assures that the artist does not plan to return to the franchise Pirates of the Caribbean which, according to reports, could net him up to 20 million dollars.
And it is that the actor is still furious about the way in which Disney “abandoned” him in 2018 when his ex-wife, Amber Heardaccused him of domestic abuse.
The last week, Sean Baileypresident of Disney, told The New York Times that the studio is “not committing at this time” to release details about Johnny’s return. The statement was interpreted as a maneuver to leave the doors open to the famous actor, after have won the trial in court for the accusations of ill-treatment.
Depp, that this Friday turns 60would not be interested in being part of a Disney movie, according to sources close to the Hollywood star.
Nominated three times for the Oscars, Johnny admitted that he came to acting by chance, and for money, after the failure of his musical dream. “He never wanted to be an actor. I was a musician, but these people were going to pay me a juicy total of 1,284 dollars a week, an amount of money that I had never seen in my life, ”he acknowledged.
He won the role for his first film without any experience, but his Hollywood career took a significant turn in 1990, with the lead in the film Edward Scissorhandsand it went off for the first time in 2003, when he played Captain Jack Sparrow for the first time in Pirates of the Caribbean. He then played several successful characters, demonstrating his versatility and talent.
So, we enjoy it like Willie Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005); the murderous hairdresser Sweeney Todd: The Devil Barber of Fleet Street (2007), which earned him a Golden Globe; and the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland (2010); without forgetting that he voiced the character of Victor Van Dort in Corpse Bride (2005).
In 2012 he was included in the Guinness World Records as the highest paid actor in the worldwith earnings of $75 million dollars.
The actor sued his ex-wife Amber Heard in 2019 for $50 million and argued that she had defamed him when she called herself “a public figure representing domestic abuse” in a column she published in the newspaper The Washington Post in 2018, two years after their breakup.
Johnny Depp’s legal team claimed that the actor forfeited a $22 million payment from Disney when Amber published the article about domestic abuse.
In 2022, they went to trial, which took place in a Virginia court over six weeks and featured explicit and graphic evidence and testimony detailing the Hollywood ex-partner relationship.
The jury ruled that the actress defamed her ex-husband and found in Heard’s favor on some aspects of her countersuit against Depp. Ultimately, the seven jurors awarded the actor $15 million in damages and $2 million to Heard, also for damage.
The legal representation of the protagonist of Pirates of the Caribbean was made up of nine lawyers, among them he played an important role Camille Vasquez, a lawyer of Cuban origin.
