Johnny Depp Feels He's Being Boycotted By Hollywood

 

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Johnny Depp is under the belief that he is being boycotted by Hollywood as his film Minamata has yet to be released in the US.

He speaks about his latest film which had an international premiere in February at the Berlin International Film Festival but hasn't yet been released to American audiences.

"We looked these people in the eyeballs and promised we would not be exploitative. That the film would be respectful. I believe that we've kept our end of the bargain, but those who came in later should also maintain theirs."

Johnny plays war photographer W. Eugene Smith. He helps reveal the mercury poisoning of Japanese villagers in the 1970s.

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"Some films touch people. And this affects those in Minamata and people who experience similar things. And for anything...For Hollywood's boycott of, erm, me? One man, one actor in an unpleasent and messy situation, over the last number of years?"

He also said he's "moving towards where I need to go to make all that...To bring things to light."

In July, director Andrew Levitas accused MGM studios of "burying" Johnny's film, all because of legal and "personal issues."

"Imagine the devastation when they learned this past week, that despite an already successful global roll out, MGM had decided to 'bury the film' because MGM was concerned about the possibility that the personal issues of an actor in the film could reflect negatively upon them and that from MGM's perspective the victims and their families were secondary to this."

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A representative from MGM responded saying the "film was acquired for release via American International Pictures (AIP), a division of MGM which handles day-and-date releases. Minamata continues to be among future AIP releases and at this time, the film's US release date is TBA."

In November 2020, Johnny lost his libel case against British tabloid The Sun after a headline called him a "wife-beater."

In 2016, Johnny's former wife Amber Heard accused him of physical abuse and they settled outside of court that year.

Four days after the loss, it was revealed that Johnny had been "asked to resign" from his role of Grindewald in Fantastic Beasts 3.

After several years of legal issues, it is possible his career could be over.

Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani has said, "I predict his career may never recover. Disney has lost interest in Depp for its Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, and I can't imagine any other major studio wanting to work with him. He's going to be the next Harvey Weinstein."