A long time ago we did not hear the news about the Hollywood actor Johnny Depp. Last year, photos leaked to the media in which he looks unwell, which led to many rumors that he was seriously ill or carried away with illegal substances. We decided to find out what is really happening and at the same time recall some facts from Depp's life.
He had an "interesting relationship" with alcohol
Johnny is not an alcoholic, but it’s no secret that he loves a drink. His drinking buddies include such celebrities as Marlon Brando, Hunter Thompson. In 2013, Depp gave an interview to Rolling Stone magazine and said that for some time he hadn’t been drinking for a whole year and a half, but he came to parties and then brought his tipsy friends home because he was the only sober person.
An article in the 2008 Boston Globe magazine quoted the actor as saying: “I also poisoned myself with alcohol because it was hard to cope with wild popularity.” The actor’s ex-wife, Amber Heard, said that he not only got drunk, but also used illegal substances. By the way, the filming of the last series of "Pirates of the Caribbean" was greatly delayed precisely because of problems with Hurd and alcohol.
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He had financial problems
During his career, Johnny earned about $ 650 million. Therefore, it is strange to hear that such a rich person could have serious financial problems. However, in 2017, Johnny was forced to sell his yacht and dismiss his financial advisers, who had failed in their duties.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Depp explained his decision to dismiss his advisors as follows: “They forced me to get rid of valuable assets and put in debts that amounted to more than $ 40, 000, 000, persuaded them to pay loans with a high interest rate, and did not make payments. Why they allowed it? For what I paid them a salary? " The case ended in lawsuits on both sides.
He is an adherent of freedom of speech in art.
In 2016, Depp supported the “Imprisoned for Art” campaign, which drew attention to people like Peter Gabriel, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Tom Morello, and many other creative people who were illegally imprisoned. As part of the project, Depp portrayed Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian director who was sentenced to 20 years.
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He's a Donald Trump antifan
Depp never loved the current president of the United States. In the movie "The Art of Making Transactions", which was shot based on the book of Trump himself, Johnny played a major role. This is a satirical picture, in it the author of the book is ridiculed, his lifestyle and arrogant character.
He adores children
Once the host of the show named after himself, Graham Norton asked Depp what it was like to visit children in hospitals and schools, dressed up as captain Jack Sparrow. The actor replied that he loves to please children with his sudden appearance, they always have fun together, and positive emotions make the body recover.
The actor also said that his own daughter Lily Rose in childhood suffered a serious kidney disease caused by an infection, and not so long ago she defeated anorexia. "There is nothing worse than seeing how your child is sick, and you are ready to do anything to help him. I understand very well the parents of sick children and want to make a small contribution to their recovery, " Depp explained to the journalist his trips to hospitals.
And at school, Depp appeared in Jack Sparrow's costume after a 9-year-old girl who studies there wrote him a letter asking him to teach a lesson in piracy.
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Nicolas Cage helped him start his career
Depp's first wife, makeup artist Laurie Allison, recalls in her book how she introduced Johnny to her ex-boyfriend Nicolas Cage, and he saw something in Depp that told him that this handsome young man has great creative potential. And he introduced him to his agent, who later became an agent of Depp himself.
He "brought" Gilbert Grape to the cinema
The film “What is eating Gilbert Grape?”, Which served as the impetus for the beginning of the career of Leonardo DiCaprio, became a cult and even a classic of cinema. But this film would not have been shot if the then girlfriend of the actor, Winona Ryder, did not read the book of the same name and did not force Johnny to read this work. He felt that this thing would be almost stronger than Selinger's Catcher in the Rye, and contacted the director Hallstrom, who contacted Hedges (author of the book) and asked him to write the script.
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By the way, Leonardo DiCaprio appeared in the film also thanks to Johnny Depp.
He has poor eyesight
He has been struggling with vision problems all his life. “I see it all very vaguely, ” Depp admitted in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine. His left eye is almost blind. It is not surprising that the actor does not watch films in 3D. Optometrist Depp suspects stereo blindness of the actor.
He is a member of the rock band Hollywood Vampires
This group was founded in 2015 by Alice Cooper along with Joe Perry and Johnny Depp. It also includes stars such as Tommy Henriksen, Chris Wise, Glen Sobel and Buck Johnson. The group is named after the club, which existed in the 70s of the last century, and it included Cooper himself, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Harry Nielsen and Mickey Dolenz.
He loves wine
In 2017, Johnny filed a lawsuit against his finance advisers for irresponsible spending of his funds. In fact, he accused them of theft. According to the actor, they improperly paid his taxes, paid exorbitant money to his security service and issued loans on his behalf, about which he did not know at all. The managers filed a counterclaim, stating that he himself was too wasteful. For example, he spent about $ 30, 000 a month only on elite wines. All of these courts ended with a peace agreement.
He starred in a zombie movie
Johnny is a real actor who is so passionate about his work that he does not disdain independent low-budget projects if he finds them interesting.
For example, in 2016, he starred in the short horror movie Black Iron. This film is notable for the fact that it was shot thanks to the Make a Film Foundation project, which helps children and adolescents who are terminally ill - makes films according to their scripts. The script for the Black Iron was written by a 16-year-old boy who suffered from cancer.
Depp did not take a cent for this work.
He participated in an international dog scandal
In 2015, Johnny starred in the next series of "Pirates", and his then-wife Amber Heard decided to fly to him in a private plane. She brought with her dogs - Yorkshire terriers, thereby violating Australia's quarantine law. The country's Minister of Agriculture gave Depp 72 hours, during which the dogs must leave the territory of the state, otherwise they would have to be euthanized. There was a skirmish between the actor and the minister for the joy of the tabloids, but in the end, Depp had to take the dogs to California. Subsequently, the Depp Heard couple apologized to the people of Australia for their disrespectful attitude to the laws of this "warm and hospitable country."
