Johnny Depp says he is being boycotted by Hollywood

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Johnny Depp feels he is being โ€œboycottedโ€ by Hollywood.

The 58-year-old actor is frustrated studio MGM are refusing to release his new movie โ€˜Minamataโ€™ in the US and thinks the โ€œunpleasant and messy situationโ€ he was in with ex-wife Amber Heard โ€“ who accused him of domestic abuse, allegations he has denied โ€“ has been allowed to overshadow his career.

Speaking about the movie โ€“ which tells the tale of real-life photographer W Eugene Smith, whose photos in Life magazine exposed the mercury poisoning of Japanese villagers in the early 1970s โ€“ he said: โ€œWe looked these people in the eyeballs and promised we would not be exploitative. That the film would be respectful. I believe that weโ€™ve kept our end of the bargain, but those who came in later should also maintain theirs.

โ€œSome films touch people. And this affects those in โ€˜Minamataโ€™ and people who experience similar things. And for anything . . .For Hollywoodโ€™s boycott of, erm, me? One man, one actor in an unpleasant and messy situation, over the last number of years?

โ€œBut, you know, Iโ€™m moving towards where I need to go to make all that . . . To bring things to light.โ€

The movie was finished in 2019 and is the last Depp โ€“ who was asked to step down from the โ€˜Fantastic Beastsโ€™ franchise after losing his libel trial against The Sun newspaper, who had branded him a โ€œwife beaterโ€ โ€“ has listed on industry website IMDb but he insisted his career isnโ€™t over.

Asked if itโ€™s his last film, he told The Sunday Times magazine: โ€œEr . . . no. No. No. Actually, I look forward to the next few films I make to be my first films, in a way.

โ€œBecause once youโ€™ve . . . Well, look. The way they wrote it in โ€˜The Wizard of Ozโ€™ is that when you see behind the curtain, itโ€™s not him. When you see behind the curtain, thereโ€™s a whole lot of motherf****** squished into one spot. All praying that you donโ€™t look at them. And notice them.โ€

And the โ€˜Pirates of the Caribbeanโ€™ actor is grateful he still has the support of his fans and is thankful for their vocal backing of him.

He said: โ€œThey have always been my employers. They are all our employers. They buy tickets, merchandise. They made all of those studios rich, but they forgot that a long time ago.

โ€œI certainly havenโ€™t. Iโ€™m proud of these people, because of what they are trying to say, which is the truth. The truth theyโ€™re trying to get out since it doesnโ€™t in more mainstream publications.

โ€œItโ€™s a long road that sometimes gets clunky. Sometimes just plain stupid. But they stayed on the ride with me and itโ€™s for them I will fight. Always, to the end. Whatever it may be.โ€

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