Johnny Depp Addresses Amber Heard Case With 'Soap Opera' Statement

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Johnny Depp appears to have broken his silence on the infamous libel case between himself and ex-wife Amber Heard, making thinly veiled remarks on the matter at a press conference at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Depp is in Spain to promote his new directorial effort Modi – Three Days on the Wings of MadnessIt is about the Parisian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani.

The Pirates of the Caribbean The star was largely declared persona non grata in Hollywood after an explosive lawsuit emerged following a column written by Heard. Washington Post Alleged that Depp had physically and emotionally abused her (without naming names). The jury found that Heard's allegations of “sexual violence” and “domestic abuse” were made with “actual malice” and were therefore defamatory of Depp. Heard was awarded $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages from Heard. Depp was also found to have defamed Heard in some of his comments, but the rest of the case was ruled in Depp's favor.

At a press conference on Tuesday, Depp compared Modigliani's chaotic and somewhat controversial life to his own. [character] “They have a story because I'm sure we can say that I've been through a series of things here and there,” Depp said. “Maybe yours didn't turn into a soap opera. I mean, literally, it was televised,” he added, prompting laughter from some of the reporters in the room.

“But we all go through the things we go through,” Depp continued. For the star, each obstacle and hurdle represents an experience from which to learn and grow. “There’s something beautiful about those days when I was living in a tiny studio apartment in a dodgy neighborhood just off Hollywood Boulevard. They were tough. They were mean, they were ugly, they were weird, they were all kinds of things, but they were beautiful,” he said.

Following the case, Depp slowly came into the limelight by starring in a French biopic. Jeanne du Barry and directorial works ModiThe actor, who will star alongside Jeff Bridges and Jason Momoa in Terry Gilliam's new film, will mark his first major role since the lawsuit.

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