After Johnny Depp’s victory on Wednesday against his ex -wife in a U.S. court, the protagonist of pirates of the Caribbean could revive her acting career even though she is unlikely to be loved by Hollywood studios any time soon.
The jury revived me, hailed Johnny Depp after the verdict that awarded him 15 million US dollars (nearly 19 million Canadian dollars) in damages for defamatory statements made by Amber Heard. Her ex-husband, who is counter-suing in the same case in Virginia, was awarded only US $ 2 million (C $ 2.5 million), also for defamation.
A standpoint expert said Johnny Depp suffered a shortfall of more than 22 million US dollars (nearly 28 million Canadian dollars) in losing his role in the sixth installment of Jack Sparrow’s adventures following Amber Heard’s statements .
The actress ’legal team, however, produced witnesses making sure her ex -husband’s star started disappearing before that because of a unprofessional behaviorspecifically associated with his drinking alcohol and narcotics.
Major studios that avoid risk
The damage is done, and from there a process of returning to some normalcy can beginsaid a Hollywood producer who worked with Johnny Depp back then.
But I don’t think he’s going to have a massive studio deal, with everything at stake.he told the AFP on condition of anonymity.
If he throws bottles and drinks drugs and he’s not on time … They won’t accept expensive delays from someone whose star is not yet in the sky.evaluating this producer.
According to him, major studios may experience difficulties in specifically specifying the expensive productions in which Johnny Depp will appear. Now it’s too risky to take someone like him into a billion dollar franchisehe says.
And while the Virginia jury and social media fans sided with the actor during the trial, there is no guarantee that he will once again win over viewers, especially female viewers.
Some of what he said was disgustinglaunched the producer, referring to several text messages quoted during the trial in which Johnny Depp called his ex -wife a stupid cow or inspired her rotting corpse.
Useful media exposure?
Although the cases are not comparable, other big names in Hollywood have made a successful comeback after devastating controversies for their careers, such as Mel Gibson or Robert Downey Jr.
I think some studios are willing to work with him from now on.says Karen North, a professor at the University of Southern California who specializes in reputation management.
Despite a recent series of failures, he is almost always very good at the box officehe judged, noting that Johnny Depp benefited from a strong public exposure to this ultra-mediatized trial.
Sure, a celebrity with a sober and slick image will struggle to recover from such stories about drunkenness and drug use, but Johnny Depp never claimed he was a kind, kind little man.
” If someone has the bad boy side and they are accused of excesses like this, people will say “well, I’m not surprised, it doesn’t change the idea I have this person”. “
Personally, I think Johnny Depp will manage to come back, it seems logical.
Not just Hollywood
If the actor returns to the cinema, he may also decide not to go through the Hollywood box anymore.
He could be the darling of independent cinema, where the shoots last six to eight weeks and the fee is $ 250,000. [américains, ou 315 000 dollars canadiens]with 25% of the film rightsthe producer says he has worked.
He might even get a nomination for a nice little role. […] and wow people with great performancehe thinks.
What else? He will work in Europe. I mean, they don’t bother with things like that there.believes the producer, according to whom Johnny Depp is no doubt make French or German films.
The 58-year-old actor should definitely appear in a French film by director Maïwenn, Jeanne du Barry. In this feature film that is still in the pre-production phase, Johnny Depp will play the role of King Louis XV.
Source: Radio-Canada
