Marks, testifying as an expert in the entertainment industry, said: 'The op-ed damaged Mr. Richard Marks, an entertainment lawyer who has worked in Hollywood for decades, also told the jury about his assessment of the impact of Heard's op-ed on Depp's career. The latest testimony helps support Depp's claims that his long-running career in Hollywood suffered as a result of Heard's op-ed. Whigham replied: 'We would work on many deals where you wouldn't see a contract, they would be a verbal agreement.' Depp is going to be in Pirates 6 as Jack Sparrow?' she asked. 'Do you have an explanation why there is not even a piece of paper. That means Depp earned a total of $38million between 20 for his acting.ĭuring cross-examination, Heard's attorney Elaine Bredehoft questioned Whigham's claims that the lucrative contract between Depp and Disney for the new film was a done deal. Coetzee novel.ĭepp earned $3million for Minimata, which came out in 2020, Whigham told the court. Whigham said after the op-ed 'it was impossible to get him a studio film which is what we would have normally been focused on.'ĭepp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a 'public figure representing domestic abuse'ĭuring Whigham's testimony the court heard about how much Depp earned for other movies.įor City of Lies, the 2018 movie about the investigations into the deaths of rappers Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur, Depp earned $8million.ĭepp was paid $10million for the 2017 murder mystery Murder on the Orient Express.įor Fantastic Beasts 2 – Crimes of Grindelwald, the spin-off from the Harry Potter films which came out in 2018 and starred Depp in the lead role as Gellert Grindelwald, he was paid $13.5million.ĭepp earned $3.5million for the 2018 comedy drama The Professor and $1million for Waiting for the Barbarians, the 2019 adaptation of the J. 'The financing became shaky, Johnny's fee came down in order to save the movie,' the agent added. It was very, very difficult to keep Minimata together. 'Minimata was supposed to start (shooting) in January. Whigham said: 'The op-ed came out in December right as we were going on Christmas break. Whigham noted that even when Depp was cast in the independent drama, Minimata, the movie struggled after the article came out. He said the actor scored a $22.5million deal with Disney to reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean 6 but in 2019 learned the studio would not be casting him in the new installment.ĭisney instead decided it was going in a 'different direction', Whigham said, and was looking to develop a 'Pirates project' for actress Margot Robbie instead of featuring Depp. In the two years after the op-ed was publication, between December 2018 and October 2020, Depp appeared in 'zero' studio films, Whigham told the court. 'With respect to Johnny, it was catastrophic because it was coming from a first person account, it was not from a journalist, not someone observing, it was from someone saying this happened to me,' the agent said. Testifying live via video link, Whigham described the negative impact and damage the piece had on Depp's reputation as a Hollywood star.
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Published: 21:16 BST, | Updated: 07:08 BST, ĭepp played swashbuckling pirate Jack Sparrow in the hit films in the 14th highest-grossing series of all time (pictured with Orlando Bloom as Will Turner)
Whigham testified Monday that Amber Heard's 2018 Washington Post op-ed was 'catastrophic' for Depp's career and made it difficult for him to land roles.Johnny Depp's talent agent Jack Whigham revealed the actor had inked a $22.5M deal to reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean 6.Amber Heard's op-ed was 'catastrophic' to Johnny Depp's career, says actor's agent who revealed he was set to earn $22.5M for sixth Pirates of the Caribbean movie but was then dropped from the franchise
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