Johnny Depp is at the moment within the thick of a tumultuous authorized battle together with his ex-wife Amber Heard. The defamation lawsuit has led to the revelation of new data to the general public together with the Pirates of the Caribbean actor alleging that his ruined popularity value him a $40 million deal to star in a sequel to the franchise. And now, in most up-to-date information, Depp has confirmed that even when the choice was revised and sprinkled with a beautiful amount of cash, he would not reprise the function of Jack Sparrow within the Pirates of the Caribbean motion pictures. 

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Based on UpRoxx, the actor reaffirmed his insistence on dropping the function throughout cross-examination at the notorious defamation trial. Throughout the latter, Depp addressed rumors that Disney had reduce ties with him because of the quite a few allegations of violence set in opposition to him: “Two years had passed by of fixed worldwide speak about me being this spouse beater. So, I’m certain that Disney was attempting to chop ties to be secure. The #MeToo motion was in full swing at that time.” And when additional probed and requested if it was true that the starlet would by no means return to his largest function even when “if Disney got here to [him] with $300 million and 1,000,000 alpacas,” Depp responded with a easy “That’s true […].” The famed actor continued on, blasting Disney for nonetheless profiting off of his Captain Jack Sparrow character regardless of blackballing him: “They didn’t cease promoting dolls of Captain Jack Sparrow. They didn’t cease promoting something. They only didn’t need there to be one thing trailing behind me that they’d discover.” 

This can be heartbreaking information to many, however nonetheless, the trial continues and we anticipate extra data because it unfolds. 

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