Lige nu er der en stor retsag i gang imellem Johnny Depp og ekskonen Amber Heard på baggrund af en artikel hun skrev for noget tid siden, hvor hun om ikke andet kraftigt insinuerede at Depp var skyldig i fysiske overgreb på hende i løbet af deres ægteskab, en artikel der desuden markerede enden på Depps karriere.
Om hvorvidt Heard er skyldig i defamation, eller om Depp er skyldig i vold, ja, det ved vi ikke endnu, men under retsagen har Depp udtalt sig om hans exit fra Pirates of the Caribbean-universet og rollen som Jack Sparrow. I sidste uge faldt snakken på hans karrieres endeligt, som Depp selv beskrev det, og for nylig tog retten rollen som Jack Sparrow op igen.
Som Toofab skriver fik Depp for nylig muligheden under forhør muligheden for at beskrive hvordan Disneys fyring påvirkede ham:
"Hurt. Blinding hurt. It was like somebody hit me in the back of the head with a 2x4... Captain Jack Sparrow was a character I built from the ground up and was something that I, of course, put a lot of [myself] into the character and also having worked on these films with these people and added much of myself, much of my own re-writing of the dialogue and scenes and jokes. I didn't quite understand how, after that long relationship and quite a successful relationship certainly for Disney, that suddenly I was guilty until proven innocent."
Ikke bare det, Depp slog også fast at han mener, at Sparrow fortjener et ordentligt farvel:
"My feeling was that these characters should be able to have their proper goodbye, as it were. A franchise can only last for so long and there's a way to end a franchise like that and I thought that the characters deserved to have their way out, to end the franchise on a very good note. I planned on continuing until it was time to stop."
Depp har nu konkluderet sit vidnesbyrd, og det er snart tid til at Heard skal sidde i skranken.