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Johnny Depp Being Thirsted Over By Female Celebrities (2020)

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Johnny Depp Being Thirsted Over By Female Celebrities (2020)

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The video represents Depp's image as lovable, charming and intimidating to other female stars who gush over the celeb. Depp holds a presence when he enters the room and all eyes are on him. 56 years old and he is still a heartthrob.

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Johnny Depp Being Thirsted Over By Female Celebrities!

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Depp has no social media accounts, keeping his private life hidden from the world. Preventing others from mediating his image or judging his posts.

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In the Interview, Depp relates the character of the Mad Hatter to himself. As the Mad Hatter he was capable of doing whatever he wanted without caring what others thought, but, as Johnny Depp himself, if he were to go outside and speak 3 lines to people he would pass out. Depp is a shy character and finds it hard to get out of his comfort zone, however, when playing the Mad Hatter or other roles such as Jack Sparrow he becomes someone that isn't Johnny Depp. Due to this he is free to do what he aspired to achieve.

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Johnny Depp MAD HATTER Interview ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

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Alice in Wonderland Behind the Scenes (2013)

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Transforming from Johnny Depp to the Mad Hatter- he may leave in full costume but he himself is the Mad Hatter which makes the role so fitting. He gives in to the character and becomes this fictional person that Depp himself is lost in this fantasy or is unrecognisable. Playing a character that struggles with a personality disorder (innocent on one side and when made angry a Scottish accent surfaces) could be related to Depp himself as he is viewed for being nurturing and kind yet, on the other hand, being rogue and wild.

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Even on the covers there are hints to Depp's wild side. 'An out law talks'. 'Wild at heart'. 'The divorce. The violence.'

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Just like his raw personality, the image is not airbrushed and you can see every pore and wrinkle on his face. Depp keeps it real.

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On covers, Depp can be seen holding a serious expression, showing off his style of clothing, wearing his iconic eyeliner and his gelled hair is styled into a perfect mess.

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A Facebook page where artwork by fans is uploaded or shared for other fans to see. The style is more or less portrait and realistic. The art work varies in paintings/drawings of Depp or the roles he plays.

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Johnny Depp Fan Art's, New York, New York. 2.3K likes. This is a Page in honor to actor JOHNNY DEPP For Fans who made any kind of Art's : DRAWINGS, FansLOVEABLE things like: Dolls,Handmade,St...

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An unofficial fan-site where an individual can find files on his public appearances, films, photo shoots, on stage etc.

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In his recent movie 'Minamata', Depp has chosen a similar role compared to his past. An older man, drunken and depressed as well as impossible to work with. 'Ripe for Hollywood-style redemption'.  Nevertheless, Depp has experimented with his roles but in a similar style where he is able to showcase some of his personality.

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Minamata is not a masterpiece and there are one or two cliches here about western saviours and boozy, difficult, passionate journalists who occupy the perennial Venn diagram overlap between integrity and alcoholism. This movie's producer-star Johnny Depp has form on this score, with his starstruck impersonation of Hunter Thompson. And once again, he has chosen a role in which he wears a hat indoors. But Minamata is a forthright, heartfelt movie, an old-fashioned "issue picture" with a worthwhile story to tell about how communities can stand up to overweening corporations and how journalists dedicated to truthful news can help them.

Depp plays real-life US photojournalist W Eugene Smith whose glory days were in the second world war and the decades following, working for Life magazine in that now-forgotten era when analogue cameras were incapable of lying and magazines with compelling photos could command newsstand sales.

The drama finds him in his declining years, drunk, depressed, impossible to work with - and of course ripe for Hollywood-style redemption. Apparently by chance, he finds himself befriended by Japanese-American Aileen (Minami Hinase) who alerts him to an environmental atrocity in Japan that he could do something about, if he chose to rouse himself from his grumpy self-indulgent ennui. In the coastal town of Minamata on Japan's south-western coast, the Chisso corporation has been dumping mercury waste into the water, which is poisoning the fish and then the humans who eat them - causing horrendous disfigurements in men, women and children.

Truculent, impulsive Smith barges into the office of his editor (a straightforward, American-accented role for Bill Nighy) demanding to be sent to cover the story and his exasperated boss agrees. From there, Smith finds a community who treat him with respect and politeness, though some are suspicious of a brash foreigner who may simply make things worse and alienate a powerful employer that could turn against making any settlement.

Of course, the hard-nosed professional in Smith knows that pictures of sick children, carefully and tactfully managed, are going to deliver the biggest punch and he became famous for a picture that heartbroken and intensely private parents were at first reluctant to give him: Tomoko Uemura in Her Bath, the Pietà-esque black and white photograph of a mother cradling her sick daughter in a traditional Japanese tub. Director Andrew Levitas gives us a context-free glimpse of this challenging image at the beginning of the film and builds to its eventful composition as his emotional finale.

Perhaps its use here is a little glib, but the film does at least emphasise a kind of journalism that is at the service of the people that it depicts. And it reminds of a time when the environmental debate was about pollution not climate change - although that issue has not by any stretch gone away. Over its closing credits Minamata concludes with a list of grotesque and often unpunished "spills" including Bhopal, Deepwater Horizon and more. Perhaps these are the microcosmic crimes and our fossil-fuel use is the larger, global issue. At any rate, Minamata is a decent reminder of what is still to be done.
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Minamata is not a masterpiece and there are one or two cliches here about western saviours and boozy, difficult, passionate journalists who occupy the perennial Venn diagram overlap between integrity and alcoholism. This movie's producer-star Johnny Depp has form on this score, with his starstruck impersonation of Hunter Thompson.

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Alice in Wonderland had a mixer of reviews yet the primary focus was on the Mad Hatter, played by Johnny Depp. The role suited his persona as this rare actor is known for playing strange and crazy characters.

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Disney presents a film directed by Tim Burton. Written by Linda Woolverton, based on the books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. Running time: 108 minutes. Rated PG (for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and a smoking caterpillar).

As a young reader, I found Alice in Wonderland creepy and rather distasteful. Alice's adventures played like a series of encounters with characters whose purpose was to tease, puzzle and torment her. Few children would want to go to wonderland, and none would want to stay. The problem may be that I encountered the book too young and was put off by the alarming John Tenniel illustrations. Why did Alice have such deep, dark eye sockets? Why couldn't Wonderland be cozy like the world of Pooh? Watching the 1951 Disney film, I feared the Cheshire Cat was about to tell me something I didn't want to know.

Tim Burton's new 3-D version of "Alice in Wonderland" answers my childish questions. This has never been a children's story. There's even a little sadism embedded in Carroll's fantasy. It reminds me of uncles who tickle their nieces until they scream. " Alice" plays better as an adult hallucination, which is how Burton rather brilliantly interprets it until a pointless third act flies off the rails. It was a wise idea by Burton and his screenwriter, Linda Woolverton, to devise a reason that Alice ( Mia Wasikowska) is now a grown girl in her late teens, revisiting a Wonderland that remains much the same, as fantasy worlds must always do.

Burton is above all a brilliant visual artist, and his film is a pleasure to regard; I look forward to admiring it in 2-D, where it will look brighter and more colorful. No artist who can create these images is enhancing them in any way by adding the annoying third dimension. But never mind that.

He brings to Carroll's characters an appearance as distinctive and original as Tenniel's classic illustrations. These are not retreads of familiar cartoon images. They're grotesques, as they should be, from the hydrocephalic forehead of the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter) to Tweedledee and Tweedledum ( Matt Lucas), who seem to have been stepped on. Wonderland itself is not limited to necessary props, such as a tree limb for the Cheshire Cat and a hookah for the Caterpillar, but extends indefinitely as an alarming undergrowth beneath a lowering sky. Why you can see the sky from beneath the earth is not a fair question. (The landscape was designed by Robert Stromberg of " Avatar.")

When we meet her again, Alice has decidedly mixed feelings about her original trip down the rabbit hole, but begins to recall Wonderland more favorably as she's threatened with an arranged marriage to Hamish Ascot ( Leo Bill), a conceited snot-nose twit. At the moment of truth in the wedding ceremony, she impulsively scampers away to follow another rabbit down another rabbit hole and finds below that she is actually remembered from her previous visit.

Burton shows us Wonderland as a perturbing place where the inhabitants exist for little apparent reason other than to be peculiar and obnoxious. Do they reproduce? Most species seem to have only one member, as if nature quit while she was ahead. The ringleader is the Mad Hatter, played by Johnny Depp, that rare actor who can treat the most bizarre characters with perfect gravity. Whoever he plays (Edward Scissorhands, Sweeney Todd, Jack Sparrow, Willy Wonka, Ichabod Crane), he is that character through and through.

This is a Wonderland that holds perils for Alice, played by Wasikowska with beauty and pluck. The Red Queen wishes her ill, and the White Queen ( Anne Hathaway) wishes her well, perhaps because both are formed according to the rules of Wonderland queens. To be sure, the insecure White Queen doesn't exhaust herself in making Alice welcome. The Queens, the Mad Hatter, Alice, the Knave of Hearts ( Crispin Glover) and presumably Tweedledee and Tweedledum are versions of humans; the others are animated, voiced with great zest by such as Stephen Fry (Cheshire), Alan Rickman (Absolem the Caterpillar), Michael Sheen (White Rabbit), Christopher Lee (Jabberwocky), Timothy Spall (Bayard) and Barbara Windsor (Dormouse).

The film is enchanting in its mordant way until, unfortunately, it arrives at its third act. Here I must apologize to faithful readers for repeating myself. Time after time I complain when a film develops an intriguing story and then dissolves it in routine and boring action. We've seen every conceivable battle sequence, every duel, all carnage, countless showdowns and all-too-long fights to the finish.

Why does "Alice in Wonderland" have to end with an action sequence? Characters not rich enough? Story run out? Little minds, jazzed by sugar from the candy counter, might get too worked up without it? Or is it that executives, not trusting their artists and timid in the face of real stories, demand an action climax as insurance? Insurance of what? That the story will have a beginning and a middle but nothing so tedious as an ending?

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Disney presents a film directed by Tim Burton. Written by Linda Woolverton, based on the books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. Running time: 108 minutes. Rated PG (for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and a smoking caterpillar).

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge (2017)

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Couple of movies in and Depp has lost his usual suave self. Review state he's always delivered his best self as Jack Sparrow but in this recent film, he has lost touch with his charisma and lacks the energy and attitude that Sparrow usually has.

"He was drained of the spirit that he had in the previous films"- Jasonsharden, 2017

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After the dreadful predecessor that was 'On Stranger Tides', I entered the cinema with rather poor expectations... how I left with even lower enjoyment is beyond me.

Perhaps it's the fact that a theme park ride can't sustain a story for an entire film franchise? Maybe it's the fact that I've seen this story before in four other films? Perhaps the lack of character development and me not giving a damn about any of the new characters? Or maybe it's just because it's an orgy of CGI madness? Who knows? Either way, this film is a complete over-the-top mess. Watchable? Yes. Enjoyable? Hell no!

I admit that 'Dead Man's Chest' and 'At World's End' weren't "fantastic" movies, but they rounded off a rather enjoyable trilogy, especially following the ultimately brilliant first film. But the two sequels' success should not have been an excuse for a fourth and now a fifth film, with each film the reception lowers and the standards and eagerness for the next further lowers. However, Disney as the opportunistic blighters they are, take their box office success with stride and look to creating the next underwhelming, money-making sequel. This time it's in the form of 'Dead Men Tell No Tales'.

The overuse of jokes we've heard on several previous occasions, the fact that the beloved Jack Sparrow is now becoming a character we look at in contempt because he's worn out, much like the franchise. Scraping the bottom of the barrel, milking upon its previous success... both terms that can be applied suitably to this movie (if that's what I can call it). And do you know what the worst part is? This film will make its money back, it'll double, triple, quadruple its budget in box office returns, thus giving the producers a reason to create yet-another dull sequel.

All-in-all, I actually think I had an aneurysm whilst watching this film...

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After the dreadful predecessor that was 'On Stranger Tides', I entered the cinema with rather poor expectations... how I left with even lower enjoyment is beyond me. Perhaps it's the fact that a theme park ride can't sustain a story for an entire film franchise?

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'Depp duly does what Depp does'- The review discusses Depp's acting/character as delivery nonsense while rolling his eyes and leering at younger female co-stars.

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Given the sorry fate of other projects derived from Disney theme-park attractions - The Country Bears (2002), The Haunted Mansion (2003) - it's astonishing that the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise should have remained financially seaworthy through four passable-to-indifferent features. With Pirates 5 (subtitled Dead Men Tell No Tales in the US, and Salazar's Revenge in a number of other countries) the cracks in the hull become unignorable.

Orlando Bloom has pleaded for reduced participation, handing his sextant to on-screen offspring Brenton Thwaites; Skins alumna Kaya Scodelario inherits Keira Knightley's corsets. The series, in other words, has entered its Muppet Babies or Scrappy-Doo phase, with all the pop-cultural heft that implies.

There's fresher blood behind the camera, too, not entirely unwelcome after the avant garde tedium of Gore Verbinski's three-hour send-off At World's End and Rob Marshall's by-the-numbers On Stranger Tides. Norwegians Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, fresh from the Oscar-nominated Kon-Tiki, are keener than their predecessors to spend time at sea - some consolation to anybody wondering how interested this series really is in pirating - and toss much of the ballast that clogged previous instalments overboard. Dead Men Tell No Tales moves at a faster rate of knots than any Pirates film; trouble is, nothing has really been added. It's the same soggy ride, set to a marginally preferable speed.
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Of plot, there is literally a ghost of an idea: to have Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow - washed up on St Martin, with his beloved boat the Black Pearl cleverly secreted inside a bottle - tempted back out on to the waves after the resurfacing of one Salazar, a decomposing Spaniard whom Sparrow previously sent to a watery grave. Javier Bardem brings an air of mouldering chorizo to this guest-villain role, but the screenplay doesn't develop the enmity so much as jetski around it, stirring up noisy turbulence - doubtless sensing that the fanbase isn't here for intricate yarn-spinning, rather the long-awaited/shruggingly tolerated return of Cap'n Jack.

Depp duly does what Depp does in these films - he swaggers, he rolls those kohl-heavy Keith Richards eyes, he leers at his younger female co-star - but this franchise has always been about delivering pantomimic nonsense, and lots of it. So it is that Golshifteh Farahani (who starred in last year's Paterson) is bald with rank teeth as a conniving witch; so it is Paul McCartney momentarily shows up as Sparrow's scouse uncle. After Becks in King Arthur, it's not the season's worst celeb cameo - rather sweetly, Macca strolls on, tells a joke, and walks off, thumbs semi-aloft - but this isn't A Hard Day's Night so much as A Very Easy Paycheque.

Viewer value-for-money proves more debatable. The Pirates series hasn't delivered a memorable set piece since Dead Man's Chest 's oversized waterwheel, and time and again this plumps for distraction over consequence, flooding the screen with images that attain scale - like the ship that rears up on its haunches in readiness for attack - but not much meaning. The much-trailed zombie shark sequence comes to feel like watching somebody playing a tie-in video game.

Maybe the franchise's success lies in the bountiful downtime it offers beleaguered consumers: even with the wind in its sails here, long stretches of fruitless exposition invite one to have a pee, text a friend, make funeral arrangements, whatever. The rock'n'roll irreverence Pirates once claimed to have freighted into multiplexes has now long since drifted over the horizon.
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It could be interpreted that Depp has a Jekyll and Hyde persona: destructive and an addict but also a kind hearted soul.

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1994 Depp was no 'wallflower', he had the police record to prove it. Trashing hotel rooms and getting into drunken fights was not a surprising revelation.

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Home Celebrity Is the Old Johnny Depp Back? In the 90s He Was Famous...

Johnny Depp- TMZ found his first wife, from the 80s, who says he never hurt a flea. She was only married to him for two years, though, and didn't get to have the real fun of movie star Depp.

In 1994, Depp was arrested for trashing his hotel room at New York's The Mark. This is when Kate Moss was in the picture, post-Winona Ryder. Depp already had at least three arrests on his record by then, for speeding, and for bar fights in New York and London that also involved his bodyguards. People magazine noted that he was a cutter, with self inflicted scars.

In the hotel story, Depp blamed his antics on an armadillo that he said got loose in the room. The culprit, however, was never found.

All of this was the year after River Phoenix died outside the Viper Room, a wild Sunset Strip nightclub that Depp owned in the early 90s.

After years of carousing, he calmed down once the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" took off in 2003. The series made him a superstar, and very very rich.

But aside from "Finding Neverland," Depp has never really had critical acclaim or box office success other than with Tim Burton. Their long collaboration includes "Sweeney Todd," "Edward Scissorhands," "Ed Wood," "Alice in Wonderland," "Willy Wonka," and "Dark Shadows."

Depp has had a lot of big financial failures in recent years, however, including "The Lone Ranger" and "Mortdecai." Plus, the "Pirates" franchise is starting to show big signs of age. "Alice Through the Looking Glass," done without Burton, is failing this weekend. The combination of that and this mess with Amber Heard is not good. Depp has got to pull it together.

But if you're new to the Depp saga, or 1994 is before you were interested in such things, just a reminder: Johnny Depp was never a wallflower. He has the police record to prove it.

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Is the Old Johnny Depp Back? In the 90s He Was Famous for Trashing Hotel Rooms, Getting Arrested

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Home Celebrity Is the Old Johnny Depp Back? In the 90s He Was Famous... Johnny Depp- TMZ found his first wife, from the 80s, who says he never hurt a flea. She was only married to him for two years, though, and didn't get to have the real fun of movie star Depp.

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Johnny Depp isn't a celebrity that doesn't acknowledge his fans, in fact, he is very intimate with them. From hugs and kisses, Depp is very grateful and affectionate towards his fans. As shown in the video Depp takes the time to listen to his fans and even spends time with them showcasing his down to earth, kind and shy nature. Fans react to Depp with pure tears of joy, laughter and shock from seeing him in person. He appears to have a friendship with his fans, talking casually with them as if he were a part of something normal, completely ignoring the fact he is a celebrity.

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In recent events, an audio recording surfaced of Amber Heard openly admitting to lying and abusing Depp. The internet was flooded with articles and users bashing Heard while #justiceforjohnnydepp was trending on twitter. It was in this moment Depp's image changed once again; once known as the wife-beater and abuser, he is now known as the victim and survivor. In the beginning, Johnny Depp was classed as both an abuser and addict, losing his role as Jack Sparrow in the Disney move series Pirates of the Caribbean and even lost some of his friends and fans. Depp's representation in the media and his fans reactions was based upon rumours and controversy online.

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In a Rolling Stone Interview, Johnny Depp was able to reveal a different side of himself. Living in a big mansion, his only companions are his cook and guards. He smokes and drinks daily around the house but this is nothing new as Depp has always been open about his bad habits. He answers the questions honestly and the readers are able to see this raw side to him, it's rather emotional. He is hospitable, kind, truthful yet lonesome. By the end of the interview, he knocks and searches for a security guard but it left unanswered, thus, he walks the interviewer out himself only to be left confused with how the gate works. The interview unveiled a rougher side to Depp with discussion on every scandal and trouble he had befallen. It's as if his image was torn piece by piece and put together again to reveal a man who once was a celebrity and heartthrob to living broke in his mansion.

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Johnny Depp isn't here yet. Still, his presence is all around the 10,500-square-foot rented mansion at 16 Bishopswood Road in London's Highgate neighborhood.

He is here in the busy hands of Russell, his personal chef working up the Peking duck. He is here in the stogie-size joint left by the sink in the guest bathroom. He is here in the never-ending reservoir of wine that is poured into goblets. And he is here in a half-done painting upstairs that features a burning black house, a child Johnny and an angry woman who resembles his mother, Betty Sue.

And then he is actually here. He is in the living room, crooning his entrance: "Oh, my darling, oh, my darling, my darling Clementine. You are lost and gone forever, my darling Clementine."

Depp has come from a photo shoot for the Hollywood Vampires, his sometime band that features Alice Cooper and Joe Perry. Trailing behind is his lawyer Adam Waldman. Depp is dressed like a Forties gangster, jet-black hair slicked back, pinstripes, suspenders and spats. His face is puffy, but Depp still possesses the fixating brown eyes that have toggled between dreamy and menacing during his 35-year career. Now, Depp's studious leer is reminiscent of late-era Marlon Brando. This isn't a coincidence, since Depp has long built his life by imitating his legends - buying an island like Brando, becoming an expert on quaaludes like Hunter S. Thompson.

"Hey, I'm Johnny. Good to meet you."

He reaches out a right hand whose fingers recently had their tats changed from "slim" - a reference to his ex-wife Amber Heard - to "scum."

"So are you here to hear the truth?" asks Depp as Russell brings him a glass of vintage red wine. "It's full of betrayal."

We move to the dining room for a three-course meal of pad thai, duck and gingerbread with berries. Depp sits at the head of the table and motions toward some rolling papers and two equal piles of tobacco and hash, and asks if I mind. I don't. He pauses for a second. "Well, let's drink some wine first."

This goes on for 72 hours.

It had taken a month and almost 200 e-mails for the message to become clear: Come to London; Johnny Depp wants to bare his soul about his empty bank accounts.

It's estimated that Depp has made $650 million on films that netted $3.6 billion. Almost all of it is gone. He's suing The Management Group, run by his longtime business manager, Joel Mandel, and his brother Robert for negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud. The suit cites, among other things, that under TMG's watch Depp's sister Christi was given $7 million and his assistant, Nathan Holmes, $750,000, without his knowledge, and that he has paid the IRS more than $5.6 million in late fees. (Most of the ire is directed toward Joel, who had day-to-day responsibility for Depp's account.) There are additional charges of conflict of interest, saying that TMG invested Depp's money for its own purposes and returned it without profit. The suit seeks more than $25 million from TMG, accounting for "tens of millions" it claims TMG illegally took for its commission, plus any additional damages the court sees fit.

The Mandels categorically deny all wrongdoing and are countersuing, alleging that Depp breached his oral contract with the company. The suit suggests that Depp has a $2-million-a-month compulsory-spending disorder, offering bons mots like "Wine is not an investment if you drink it as soon as you buy it." Depp was continuing to "concoct malicious and false allegations" against the company, according to TMG's countersuit, because TMG had filed a private foreclosure notice on one of Depp's properties, claiming Depp owes TMG $4.2 million in unpaid loans.

Over the past 18 months, there has been little but bad news for Depp. In addition to the financial woes, there were reports he couldn't remember his lines and had to have them fed to him through an earpiece. He had split from his longtime lawyer and agent. And he was alone. His tabloid-scarred divorce from actress Heard is complete, but not before there were persuasive allegations of physical abuse that Depp vehemently denies. Depp's inner circle had begged him to not wed Heard or to at least obtain a prenup. Depp ignored his loved ones' advice. And there were whispers that Depp's recreational drug and alcohol use were crippling him.

During my London visit, Depp is alternately hilarious, sly and incoherent. The days begin after dark and run until first light. There is a scared, hunted look about him. Despite grand talks about hitting the town, we never leave the house. As Depp's mind leads us down various rabbit holes, I often think of a line that he recited as the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland: "Have I gone mad?"

His closest confidant seems to be Waldman, a lawyer he met less than two years ago. Waldman, 49, possesses an unlined face, sandy hair, a designer black leather jacket and a soothing voice that could make the bird-flu epidemic sound reasonable. He tells me he is married to the "world's number-one face doctor."

Depp seems oblivious to any personal complicity in his current predicament. Waldman seems to have convinced Depp that they are freedom fighters taking on the Hollywood machine rather than scavengers squabbling over the scraps of a fortune squandered.

One day, Depp shows me his artwork, and it strikes me that Depp is now a worn Dorian Gray. "I imagine Johnny doing a version of Jack Sparrow at 70, at 80," his friend Penélope Cruz tells me. "It will be as charming and as great." But the things that were charming when he was 28 - doing drugs and running around the scaffolding on a high floor of Atlantic Records' L.A. building - seem disturbing at 55. (Cruz ends our conversation by telling me about Depp trying to pull his own tooth at a London restaurant while having dinner with her and Stella McCartney.)

Maybe being a permanent Peter Pan is the key to Depp's onscreen charm. But time has passed. Boyish insouciance has slowly morphed into an aging man-child, still charismatic but only in glimpses. If his current life isn't a perfect copy of Elvis Presley's last days, it is a decent facsimile.

Depp and Tom Petty had long been friends, and Petty's death hit Depp hard. "We'd call each other and ask, 'Hey, you still smoking?' " Depp recalls. "Tom would go, 'Yeah, I'm still smoking,' and I'd feel better: 'Well, if Tom is still smoking, I'm OK.' "

Depp goes quiet, perhaps realizing the sadness of what he has just said. He wipes his eyes. "I loved him," he says.

The two shared more in common than an addiction to nicotine. They both arrived in L.A. whiskey tango from Florida, intent on making it as rockers (perfectly played by Depp in the video for Petty's "Into the Great Wide Open"). Depp changed course after an L.A. drinking buddy named Nicolas Cage told him there was money to make in acting. He eventually starred in his breakout role as a high school narc on 21 Jump Street in 1987.

We sit down for dinner, and I ask if he remembers the first big purchase he made when he started making money. He rolls another joint that he first passes to me and then to Waldman. He wants me to know it wasn't a Ferrari, but a house for his mama.

"My mom was born in a fucking holler in eastern Kentucky," says Depp. "Her poor fucking ass was on phenobarbital at 12."

Depp grew up the youngest of four, raised mostly by his mother, Betty Sue. His father was a civil engineer, but largely absent. They lived first in Kentucky and then Florida, moving, according to Depp, more than 40 times. His mom hurled things, but she was still his mom. "Yeah, there were irrational beatings," says Depp. "Maybe it's an ashtray coming your way. Maybe you're gonna get clunked with the phone." Depp pauses. "It was a ghost house - no one talked. I don't think there ever was a way I thought about people, especially women, other than 'I can fix them.' "

Mostly, Depp remembers his mother coming home from double shifts at her waitressing job; he would rub her feet as she counted out the coins from her tips. He bought her a small horse farm outside of Lexington, Kentucky, with one of his first big paydays.

"Betty Sue, I worshiped her," says Depp, but his smile quickly fades. "She could be a real bitch on wheels." He tells me what he said at her 2016 funeral: "My mom was maybe the meanest human being I have ever met in my life."

After buying the house for his mom, Depp treated himself to a 1940 Harley-Davidson, which he still owns. From 1986 to 2006, he made 32 movies, showing a once-in-a-generation range from Edward Scissorhands - beginning a lifelong collaboration with director Tim Burton - to an acclaimed portrayal of an undercover cop in Donnie Brasco.

Depp acquired a taste for the grandiose life along the way. He bought the Viper Room in the early 1990s, an old speakeasy once frequented by Bugsy Siegel, and turned it into a small rock club where everyone from Guns N' Roses to Johnny Cash played. He suffered through the death of his friend River Phoenix from an overdose at the club, amid wild claims in the supermarket rags that he'd delivered the fatal dose to Phoenix himself. "Imagine living with that," says Depp, his eyes clouding over.

He chafed against playing the standard, dashing Hollywood hero. An adviser yelled at him when he took the title role in Ed Wood.

"The guy told me, 'Johnny, it is not about you doing black-and-white movies about a cross-dressing, D-movie director - it's about fucking the girl and carrying the gun,' " Depp says. " 'You need to fuck the girl, and you need to carry a gun.' "

A constant in Depp's business was his older sister Christi, who managed his day-to-day affairs. (She never responded to requests for comment for this story.) In 1999, they realized that his current management company couldn't handle his rapidly expanding financial affairs and they needed to move to a bigger firm. By then, Depp had moved above Sunset Boulevard to an 8,000-square-foot estate nicknamed "Dracula's Castle." He spent a day interviewing financial managers. His last meeting, he says, was with Robert and Joel Mandel, brothers who ran TMG. Depp says he immediately took a shine to Joel, the youngest child of an Auschwitz survivor. Depp saw a kindred spirit. "He was a nervous wreck," says Depp. "He was pouring sweat. He was broken." (TMG disputes this portrayal).

I ask him why he would place his money in the hands of a person he would describe as a "broken toy." Depp says because he felt a kinship: "The monofilament that goes through all my characters, if you really look, they're all fuckups. They're broken."

I try to probe deeper, but Depp is restless. The mansion is spookily quiet. It's now three or four o'clock in the morning, and his cook and security guards have all retired. Despite the hour, Depp's mind is a space-ball ricochet, moving through a random series of flashcards of his life. There was an incident last year at the Glastonbury Festival, where he asked, perhaps drunkenly, "Can we bring Trump here? . . . When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?" Depp was roasted in the press. "I was trying to connect it to Trump saying he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue, but it didn't come out right," says Depp with a shrug.

He moves to the couches in the living room and flips on the television. Depp has an affinity bordering on obsession with the bons vivants who had their late prime in the 1970s, whether it is Marlon Brando, Hunter S. Thompson or Don Rickles. "Rickles was the bravest comedian ever," says Depp. "He'd say anything." As proof, he finds a video of Rickles on a Dean Martin celebrity roast, turning to boxer Sugar Ray Robinson: "I want to thank Sugar Ray Robinson, who said to Rocky Graziano, 'Hey, baby, you're hurting me.' Sugar Ray is a great champion. Sugar, we would ask you to talk, but you know the blacks, your lips lock."

"Jesus," says Waldman.

Depp insists it's ballsy, not offensive. I mumble, "I don't know about that." Depp isn't paying attention. He considers himself a funny man and tells me how in one of the early Pirates of the Caribbean movies Sparrow washes ashore and mumbles an incoherent curse.

"I say 'Dirty Sanchez,' " says Depp, using slang for an obscene sex act. "Before the DVD, they dropped it out."

Depp has a great affinity for Sparrow, whose persona is borrowed from Keith Richards, another Depp idol. He's protective of the character and claims he battled with Disney screenwriters repeatedly.

"Why must you have these fucking heinous subplots?" asks Depp. "It's convoluted. There is not a fucking soul that wants to see Captain Jack Sparrow sad."

He flips through the news and comes across a report on Harvey Weinstein. He shakes his head and calls him an asshole for burying his film Dead Man because director Jim Jarmusch refused to give up his contractually mandated final cut. "He was a bully," says Depp. "Have you seen his wife? It's not a wide range. It's not like he went, 'I must go to the Poconos to find some hairy-backed bitch.' "

Depp pauses, ruminating on whether he is being unkind. He mentions that once he tagged along as Weinstein was picking up his kid from school and that he could tell Weinstein really loved her. "The image that took my breath away was Harvey Weinstein, a goliath Shrek thing, bending down to put on his daughter's raincoat."

Outside, the London dark is giving way to a gloaming predawn. Everyone is exhausted except for Depp. He disappears for a few minutes and returns reanimated, and then proclaims that we have to watch his good friend Marilyn Manson's "KILL4ME" video, starring Depp in a series of lewd poses with barely clad women. Depp cranks the television's volume and shouts above the industrial guitars, "Marilyn's the best. He's such a good friend. He's played Barbies with my daughter." Waldman groans at the Manson music and buries his head under a pile of throw pillows. This doesn't dissuade Depp, who turns the sound up until the screen reads 99.

Jet-lagged, I tell Depp I need to get some sleep. He looks disappointed but leads me down a dark corridor that twists and turns. In my sleep-deprived haze, I think I might be about to be "disappeared." Then, a door opens and a giant man wearing a surgical mask appears. I shout in fear.

"What the fuck?"

Depp laughs.

"That's just one of my security guys. He's got the flu. He'll make sure you get out safely," he says and gives me a half-hug.

"We'll talk injustice tomorrow."

It was Adam Waldman who first contacted Rolling Stone about writing a story about the injustice being done to Depp's reputation and bottom line. He pointed to what he perceived to be an anti-Depp story in the Hollywood Reporter, where the Mandels were cast as eminently reasonable men who repeatedly tried to warn Depp about his precarious financial positioning. Nobody from TMG was quoted, but Waldman was convinced its fingerprints were all over the story.

Waldman made it clear he was doing an end-run without the involvement of Robin Baum, Depp's formidable publicist of many years. I started looking into the case and Waldman to see if he was legit. There was stuff about him being Cher's lawyer - the singer is godmother to his daughter Pepper - but the first hit was a Business Insider story that read "Here Are the American Executives Who Are Working on Behalf of Putin." Waldman was the first on the list, which detailed his service for Oleg Deripaska, an aluminum magnate and Russian oligarch with strong ties to the Russian president.

According to Business Insider,Waldman has been paid more than $2.3 million for his work on behalf of Deripaska. Meanwhile, Deripaska became a bit player in the Russian-collusion scandal when it was reported by The Washington Post that then-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort offered to give Deripaska private briefings on the campaign shortly before the GOP convention. Waldman had his own cameo in the Putin-Trump meshugas. In February, none other than Trump would accuse him in a typically factually distorted tweet - without naming him - of trying to broker a meeting between Trump-dossier writer Christopher Steele and Democratic Sen. Mark Warner. In April, Deripaska was placed on Trump's sanctioned list, making it exceedingly difficult for Deripaska's holdings to do business in the United States.

Waldman joined the game in October 2016, having been told by a client that Depp needed help. TMG had just slapped the foreclosure notice on his L.A. homes for failure to make payments on a $5 million loan from the company. TMG had filed it as a nonjudicial foreclosure so there were no public filings. The public at this point had no idea of Depp's financial situation.

Waldman was about to change that. He says he joined Depp for dinner at the Bel Air home of Ed White, Depp's new accountant. Waldman says that White mentioned that he believed TMG had taken a cavalier approach to Depp's accounts. Waldman listened closely and said he'd investigate the situation.

Waldman and Depp quickly became compadres. When Waldman would find a friend he thought was on the Mandels' side, he'd call the star and just say, "Tessio," after the Abe Vigoda character who betrays the Corleones in The Godfather. Depp instantly understood and would mutter back, "Fucking Tessio."

Two months later, under Waldman's guidance, Depp filed his lawsuit against the Mandels. The suit claimed that Depp wasn't given monthly financial statements and often was presented only a signature page to sign for transactions. The suit further alleged that - in addition to the $7 million given to his sister Christi - TMG had cost Depp $6 million in tacked-on fees by paying his IRS taxes late for 13 years straight. Depp accused TMG of taking out $34 million in loans in his name as a result of mismanagement, with the final straw being a $12.5 million "hard money" loan engineered by his longtime attorney Jake Bloom in 2014, at 10 percent interest. The loan stipulated Christi's, Bloom's and the Mandels' fees would be paid before loan repayments and definitely before Depp saw a dime of residuals from his Pirates of the Caribbean series. (Depp eventually filed a separate suit against Bloom.) Depp's lawyers argued that the hard-money loan, taken through the financial firm of Grosvenor Park, was an illegal inside deal because Bloom had a prior relationship with Grosvenor. Of the original $12.5 million loan, according to Depp, $1.2 million was immediately disbursed to the trio before the loan was officially processed.

Depp and Waldman believe his lawsuit will change Hollywood forever. The suit swings for the fences and claims TMG owes Depp more than $25 million in ill-gotten five-percent commissions because, among other reasons, they claim TMG had acted not only as financial managers but also as lawyers, meaning it needed to enter a new agreement with Depp for each movie deal. (The same charge would be eventually levied against Bloom, who has filed a countersuit, denying all the claims.) Since this didn't happen, the suit alleges, Depp is entitled to recoup millions in commissions. The TMG suit points to this as being among the most ridiculous of Depp's claims, that they never acted as attorneys since he already had high-priced Hollywood lawyers Bloom and Marty Singer on retainer.

This alleged violation of Section 6147 of the California statute particularly jazzes Waldman and, in turn, Depp. Waldman says when he first contacted TMG, Joel Mandel kept muttering that Depp's situation was all about "Hollywood math," where the star spends what they think they've made, not taking into account taxes and agent and manager fees. (TMG denies this conversation ever happened.)

Waldman is Depp's self-styled avenger. "No one challenges the monster of Hollywood and survives," Waldman tells me. "Everyone is too afraid. Johnny's not afraid."

Mandel's camp says he learned of Depp's lawsuit when a reporter called him asking for comment, a rarity since it is common in legal circles to contact opposing counsel before filing a suit.

The two warring sides met a few days later in a conference room for a settlement meeting at the law office of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, the law firm that employed Ben Chew, one of Depp's litigators. Waldman was on the phone from Europe, and Chew was on video conference from Washington.

To Mandel's side, it wasn't clear why the meeting had been called: If Waldman had wanted to try to work out a settlement, it would usually be attempted before dropping a legal bomb on the opposing counsel. Mandel eventually spoke up.

"You didn't do your diligence," he said, and cited mistakes in the initial filing, including statements that Depp's finances were being handled by a CPA-in-training, when in fact they were being covered by an accountant with 30 years' experience.

"The facts are there, you can read them," Waldman recalls saying via speakerphone from Munich. "You're welcome to respond to them."

Mandel lost it, according to two people in the meeting.

"You've cost me tens of millions of dollars," said Mandel. "Now it's my turn. I'm gonna destroy Johnny. They'll know everything." (Both Mandel and his attorney, Michael Kump, adamantly dispute that Mandel ever said any of that.)

The Mandel team got up to leave, but in the hall, they say they could hear Waldman's voice questioning the rest of his legal staff if they had carefully gone over the complaint.

Asked what he thought about all the legal shenanigans, Depp shrugs. "I'm just a small part of this," he says. "It's the fucking Matrix. I didn't see the movie, and I didn't understand the script, but here's what it is."

Unfortunately for Depp, TMG filed a thermo-nuclear complaint last summer. The lawsuit described the actor as a spoiled brat with no impulse control. Kump noted TMG had never been sued by any of its other clients and that "Depp lived an ultra-extravagant lifestyle that often knowingly cost Depp in excess of $2 million a month to maintain, which he simply could not afford." The suit claims Depp did give millions to Christi and other friends and family, but that the star knew all about it and still employed those who benefited from his money.

Kump pressed on, arguing that "Depp has also spent millions to employ an army of attorneys" - in addition to his longtime personal attorney Bloom - "to bail him out of numerous legal crises" and pay "hush money." Some of the charges seem like cheap shots. TMG offered no specifics about the hush money and legal crises. His taxes? The suit alleges that they were paid late because Depp was chronically cash poor.

The purchases listed by TMG read like Depp gave his wallet to a tween with ADD. There was $75 million for 14 residences. He spent $3 million to shoot his pal Hunter S. Thompson's ashes into the sky from a cannon. A mere $7,000 to buy his daughter a couch from the set of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. He bought some 70 guitars and 200 pieces of art, including Basquiats and Warhols, owned 45 luxury vehicles and spent $200,000 a month on private air travel.

Then things got personal. According to the suit, Depp kept a sound engineer on the payroll so he could feed him lines through an earpiece while filming. This Depp does not deny, saying the sounds fed to him made him act with just his eyes.

"I've got bagpipes, a baby crying and bombs going off," says Depp. "It creates a truth. Some of my biggest heroes were in silent film," Depp tells me, lighting another cigarette. "It had to be behind the eyes. And my feeling is, that if there's no truth behind the eyes, doesn't matter what the fucking words are."

But that didn't explain the 12 storage facilities for his Hollywood memorabilia, heavy on Brando and Marilyn Monroe. Mandel alleged Depp spent $1.2 million to keep a doctor on call and another $1.8 million a year on round-the-clock security, including for his elderly mother. (When asked why his mom needed security, Depp responded that it was in case she needed an ambulance, according to sources with intimate knowledge of the conversation. TMG tried to convince Depp a nurse would be cheaper, but he couldn't be persuaded.) Kump suggested the source of Depp's problems was psychiatric: "In retrospect, it appears that Depp may suffer from a compulsive-spending disorder, which will be proven in this action through a mental examination of Depp."

Back in London, I'm sitting with Waldman, going over the jabberwocky of the case for a few hours, when Depp emerges after sunset - I never saw him in daylight - dressed in his pirate-homeless attire: tattered jeans, an oversize white shirt festooned with a series of handkerchiefs. His mood is equal parts maudlin and swagger.

There are a few things Depp insists TMG got wrong - for example, the $30,000 a month the Mandels claimed he spent on wine.

"It's insulting to say that I spent $30,000 on wine," says Depp. "Because it was far more."

Depp says they got the Hunter S. Thompson cannon story wrong too. "By the way, it was not $3 million to shoot Hunter into the fucking sky," says Depp. "It was $5 million."

Depp elaborates. He says the cost of the rocket launch increased when he decided he wanted Thompson's arc to be at least one foot higher than the Statue of Liberty's 151-foot height. That part could be true, but I checked around about the price tag and Depp seemed to be bullshitting. Multiple reports said that the cannon stunt did cost $3 million, but perhaps Depp wanted the number to be even bigger, taking a cue from Thompson, who could never resist taking a good, true story and juicing it up with imaginary details.

It doesn't take a psychiatrist to figure out that Depp has been greatly influenced by Brando and Thompson, two father figures who did not give a fuck about what the world thought about them. Depp and Brando had been friends since the 1995 film Don Juan De Marco. When Depp bought an island in the Bahamas, it was Brando, owning his own Tahitian island, who advised him to make sure his house is above sea level.

His connection to Thompson was more visceral, spanning 'ludes and literature. Depp had been a fan of the gonzo journalist for years and courted friendship as he played Thompson in Terry Gilliam's 1998 adaptation of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. During the filming and afterward, the two became drug-taking companions.

Waiting for dinner, Depp tells a story about Thompson picking Depp up at the Aspen airport. Doing a dead-on impression, Depp mimics Thompson's mumble: "Uh, there's something I want you to try when we get to the house."

Thompson had a pipe filled with a sticky resin waiting for him. Depp did a hit, and the room spun. Hunter was shocked, says Depp. "He was like, 'Damn, some kids brought that over, and I took a hit and puked my guts out.' "

Depp says he never found out what was in the strange concoction. They also bonded over an encyclopedic knowledge of pharmaceuticals. Later that night, Depp laments the passing of quaaludes from the drug scene. He reminisces about the bootleg 'ludes he used to take.

"They're made with just a little bit of arsenic, or strychnine," says Depp. He stands up and a grin spreads across his face. "So the high was far more immediate." Once, Depp asked a Florida bouncer to punch him while on 'ludes just for kicks. "You either wanted to smile and just be happy with your pals, or fuck, or fight," he says.

Depp is evangelical in the uses of narcotics and thinks they could have expedited the capture of Osama bin Laden.

"You get a bunch of fucking planes, big fucking planes that spray shit, and you drop LSD 25," he says. "You saturate the fucking place. Every single thing will walk out of their cave smiling, happy."

With the deaths of Brando and Thompson, Depp lost the two people who could understand his fantasyland existence.

Here in London, he turns melancholy, musing about going through his recent travails without them, a fucked-up genius missing his fucked-up genius fellow travelers. As Depp's life unraveled, he no longer had his closest confidants. Depp goes glassy-eyed thinking about his loneliness. "Marlon and Hunter," he says. "I needed my guys."

For more than a decade, what was good for Johnny Depp was good for Joel Mandel, and the financial manager took many steps to keep it that way. He installed an extra phone line in his Los Angeles home that had a special ring so Depp could reach him at any point, day or night. On the occasion of his wife's 40th birthday, Mandel had a hundred people over to his house. Still, he reached out to Depp and told him he would excuse himself from the party if Depp wanted to talk about his latest financial adventure.

During the good times, Mandel told Depp his goal was to make him financially secure enough that he would never have to take a part just to pay the bills. They never got to that point. According to TMG's lawsuit, Depp never had more than six months of savings in the bank. This grew exponentially worse after the Pirates of the Caribbean series began, earning him approximately $300 million. Depp had always been critically acclaimed, but it was Jack Sparrow who turned him into a global brand with action figures and $30-million-per-film paychecks coming in. But Depp's tastes grew wilder, and daily conversations between Mandel and Christi revolved around either trying to stop Depp from buying another house or finding a project that would pay for the new house.

Except for Christi, Depp couldn't count on his actual family for guidance - they seemed at the core of many of his financial fiascoes. Over some tuna-fish-and-corn sandwiches - Depp's favorite - he talks of the money pit that Betty Sue's farm in Lexington had become. Soon after its purchase, he tells me, Depp's other sister and her husband moved in and were hired to manage the property. Eventually, their son joined the payroll. (Meanwhile, Depp was supporting his ex-partner Vanessa Paradis and their two children, Jack and Lily-Rose, in their own French villa that Depp bought for them.)

According to Depp, after years of keeping him in the dark, Mandel communicated to him that the Kentucky branch of his family's spending was out of control. So Depp asked him to send a file with all their expenses. He was in makeup on a Pirates of the Caribbean movie when the file arrived, and he asked his assistant to print it. His assistant said he couldn't do it.

"It's over 200 pages," the assistant said.

Depp called Mandel and asked him what the hell was going on.

"[My sister] was buying handbags for my mom, who was bedridden," Depp recalls. "Jewelry, fucking this, that, everything."

In 2013, Depp was told that Betty Sue had terminal cancer. He moved her up to Los Angeles and rented her a $30,000-a-month house that was far enough away from his spread that they could coexist. Somehow, Betty Sue got better with treatment, and Depp informed the Mandels that the lease should be ended and Betty Sue could head back to Kentucky. But the house kept running up $30,000-a-month charges because, according to Depp, the Mandels forgot to cancel the lease. (TMG says that Mandel simply renegotiated the house's lease as directed, which required giving the landlord four months' notice.)

Betty Sue died in 2016. I ask Depp if he has sold her farm. He tells me his family still lives there.

"Their thinking is that I'm going to take care of them forever and that the farm is now theirs," he says. "I didn't make that promise."

I then ask what seems like a logical question: Why didn't Depp just pick up the phone and read his family the riot act and cut off their credit cards?

Depp furrows his brow and looks confused. He's convinced that was TMG's job: "That's why I'm paying them."

Ironically, the Mandels argue that nothing would have made Joel Mandel happier than cutting up the Depp family's credit cards, but Johnny couldn't pull the trigger. Back at my hotel, I look at Depp's court filings. Among the pile of charges against the Mandels, there is no mention of the Kentucky farm.

Depp's case centers largely on the claim that he was kept clueless until it was too late, despite the fact that, besides himself, the only person who had the power to authorize new expenditures was his sister Christi. The Mandels have produced a series of e-mails and notes that undermine Depp's argument. In 2008, Depp was intent on purchasing a house adjacent to his property in the Hollywood Hills. Mandel suggested it wasn't a great time to buy the house, but it could happen if other cuts were made. Depp wrote back, "We must buy this house."

In the same e-mail, he simultaneously chastised Mandel for sending him hefty packets with too much information and expressed complete confusion at how his finances were run.

There are more signs Depp knew his situation was chronically precarious. Mandel wrote to him again in 2008, as the Great Recession was hitting, about his financial shortcomings. In the same e-mail where Depp insisted on buying the Hollywood Hills house, he said he would talk to his agent, and Bloom, his lawyer, and rectify things: "I will call Tracey and Jake and prepare them to make some ludicrous deals to refill the glass and make it fucking overflow."

A TMG staffer was tasked with trying to moderate Depp's spending on his various homes. In January 2009, Depp contacted Mandel and demanded that the staffer be taken off his account immediately because he was restricting his spending. Later that year, according to Mandel's notes submitted into evidence, Mandel suggested they meet to discuss his financial situation that had further deteriorated because Depp had taken much of the previous 12 months off. But Christi called Mandel back the next day and said Depp didn't want to discuss it and knew what needed to be done.

According to Mandel's notes, Christi called and said, "He realizes he needs to work his ass off" to maintain his lifestyle and that he wanted Mandel to do whatever was necessary to get him through the current rough patch.

That November, Mandel and Christi communicated about a loan that needed to be taken out to cover obligations until Depp got paid for his next film. Christi replied that it was hard to get Depp to sign the loan papers: "He left before I could get his signature . . . always had someone in the room and never able to have him alone. . . ."

Mandel e-mailed Depp again, asking him to watch his holiday spending. Depp e-mailed Mandel back on December 7th, 2009:

"Dear Joel, First, thank you for dealing and getting me through. Secondly, I am doing my very best on holiday spending, but there is only so much I can do, as I need to give my kiddies and famille as good a Christmas as possible, obviously within reason. But, regarding the plane situation . . . I don't have all that many options at the moment. A commercial flight with paparazzis in tow would be a fucking nightmare of monumental proportions. . . . What else can I do??? You want me to sell some art??? I will. You want me to sell something else??? Sure . . . what???"

By January 2010, according to court filings, Mandel was still requesting that Depp sign loan papers. He told Christi that "we are almost $4,000,000 overdrawn." Depp eventually signed.

Depp was stubborn even when his friends tried to save him from himself. In 2010, he started Unison Records, his own label, but by 2014 it had lost between $4 million and $5 million. His friend Bruce Witkin, the label's president, apologized for the losses and suggested it was time to call it quits, addressing Depp by the pet name Baha. Depp wrote back to Bwoosie, a.k.a. Witkin, telling him to keep going and that it took the world 20 years to catch up to his genius. The label was finally closed a year later.

Depp's spending didn't change as he aged. In what court filings by TMG call a "come to Jesus moment," Mandel set up a meeting in 2012 between himself, Depp and Bloom at Depp's Hollywood Hills compound, where Depp had purchased five homes that he had knitted together into an urban estate. It was deliberately planned by the Mandels to occur in the late afternoon, when Depp was clearer headed. Joel Mandel presented Depp with a one-page summary of his situation and stated flatly that something had to change or the financial futures of Depp and his kids were in jeopardy. Depp grudgingly agreed to sell his yacht but would consistently whinge about the sale to Mandel until the end of their relationship.

The "come to Jesus" meeting was actually the beginning of the end, though the relationship teetered on precariously for three more years. According to the countersuit, in 2015, Mandel made another plea to Depp about his dire circumstances, and Depp responded by text: "I am ready to face the music, in whatever way I must. . . . I know there's a way to dig ourselves out of this hole and I'm bound and determined to do it." Things didn't get better. In August 2015, Mandel told Depp's staff that there had to be new rules on controlling expenses on travel, car rental and town-car services.

Later that year, Mandel and his other advisers told Depp he had to make two movies and sell Hameau, his St. Tropez estate, and he had to do it quickly in order to cover millions in loans he had taken out to cover previous debts. The message got the actor's attention. Depp responded by asking Mandel if he was broke.

Depp seemed to come around. He initially agreed on selling Hameau but then reneged after receiving a crying phone call from his daughter, Lily-Rose, begging him not to sell her childhood home. A conflicted Depp took his frustrations out on Mandel: "Listen, you and I are going to have to fucking sit down and you're going to have to explain this shit to me because I don't appreciate a phone call from you in the 11th hour," Depp recalls telling Mandel. "If you're going to call me, call me in the third hour."

It wasn't out of the ordinary for Depp to send an apologetic text or e-mail a few hours after an outburst. Depp vacillated about Hameau, and the property was briefly listed for $13 million and then jumped to $27 million, a sign that Depp was in no hurry to unload it. He broke promises to make the house available for potential buyers. Around the same time, he bought $108,000 in suits while on a trip to Singapore, according to communication from someone who was there.

By January 2016, Mandel was informing Christi that they had 30 days of liquidity left. Things got so desperate that Mandel told Depp staffers to stop spending money on houseplants. A frustrated Depp said he wanted to review his accounts. The Mandels didn't have a problem with that. Depp still professed he trusted Joel Mandel, texting him in late February that he had great love for him. But then communication suddenly ceased. Depp fired TMG 10 days later, in March 2016, and the legal war began.

In our conversations in London, Depp's ugly 2016 divorce from Heard is the subject that dare not say its name, but it is inextricably linked to Depp's troubles. Before Depp met Heard, his relationship with women was publicly chivalrous. When Penélope Cruz told Depp that she was pregnant right before the beginning of the shoot for the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean, she wondered if she should drop out of the project. Depp told her that was ridiculous. "He protected me every day, and by the end, I was six months pregnant," says Cruz. "I'll never forget that."

Depp and Heard met on the set of The Rum Diary, an odd, unsuccessful ode to Hunter S. Thompson's early reporting years. Christi was apparently opposed to their marriage, and that opposition led to a strain on her relationship with her brother; Depp's last constant connection to the real world was severed. Depp, according to TMG's suit, spent $1 million on the wedding, held on his Bahamian island.

On May 20th, 2016, Depp's mother died. The next night, Heard reportedly called iO Tillett Wright, an artist and friend of the couple, and told Wright to call 911. Wright wrote later on the website Refinery29, "I could hear [Depp] saying, 'What if I pulled your hair back?' "

Wright called the police, and photographs of Heard with a bruise on her face emerged. Wright also wrote: "The reports of violence started with a kick on a private plane, then it was shoves and the occasional punch, until finally, in December, she described an all-out assault and she woke up with her pillow covered in blood. I know this because I went to their house. I saw the pillow with my own eyes. I saw the busted lip and the clumps of hair on the floor."

Two days later, Heard filed for divorce, on the eve of Depp's mother's funeral. That summer, video was leaked to TMZ of Depp smashing cabinets and pouring himself a Big Gulp-size glass of red wine. When he realized Heard was filming the incident, he appeared to grab her phone and trash it. The couple settled their divorce in August, filing a joint statement that partially read, "Our relationship was intensely passionate and at times volatile but always bound by love. Neither party has made false accusations for financial gain. There was never any intent of physical or emotional harm."

Heard received a reported $7 million payment - which she donated to charity - and they both signed nondisclosure agreements. Before I arrived, Waldman had instructed me that Depp couldn't speak about Heard because of the NDA.

Heard's name was front and center that night in London because J.K. Rowling had released a statement -- in the wake of the #MeToo movement - explaining why she hadn't fired Depp from Fantastic Beasts. "When Johnny Depp was cast as Grindelwald, I thought he'd be wonderful in the role," Rowling said. "However, around the time of filming his cameo in the first movie, stories had appeared in the press that deeply concerned me and everyone most closely involved in the franchise. . . . However, the agreements that have been put in place to protect the privacy of two people, both of whom have expressed a desire to get on with their lives, must be respected.   Based on our understanding of the circumstances, the filmmakers and I are not only comfortable sticking with our original casting, but are genuinely happy to have Johnny playing a major character in the movies."

Later that night, Depp tells me about the acute depression he entered as his personal and financial lives came crashing down simultaneously.

"I was as low as I believe I could have gotten," says Depp in a dead voice. "The next step was, 'You're going to arrive somewhere with your eyes open and you're going to leave there with your eyes closed.' I couldn't take the pain every day."

He went on tour with the Hollywood Vampires and decided to write a memoir on an old manual typewriter, like his hero Thompson.

"I poured myself a vodka in the morning and started writing until the tears filled my eyes and I couldn't see the page anymore," he says. He wipes his eyes with the sleeves of his white shirt and continues his monologue. "I kept trying to figure out what I'd done to deserve this. I'd tried being kind to everyone, helping everyone, being truthful to everyone." He pauses for a moment. "The truth is most important to me. And all this still happened."

I have a harder time getting an answer on how Christi had received $7 million in unaccounted money, and his assistant Nathan Holmes nearly $750,000. Depp describes Christi as being the Mandels' "patsy," without going further into detail. Members of Depp's inner circle later tell me that Depp and Christi's relationship was badly damaged when he married Heard without a prenup. "He cut himself off from the only people looking out for him," a longtime associate tells me. The former insider also maintained the idea that Depp didn't know his sister was receiving payments from his account was ludicrous.

Depp also tells me that Holmes never really received the total $750,000. "He didn't get it all," says Depp. Later, Waldman tells me that Depp was confused and that Holmes had received all the money. (Both Holmes and Christi still work for Depp, with his sister running his production company, Infinitum Nihil.)

One of the central questions at the heart of the competing lawsuits will be the court deciding whether informing Christi of Depp's financial state is the same as telling Depp himself. In TMG's quiver is an e-mail submitted into evidence in which Christi told a Mandel associate not to bother her brother because she was "a one-stop informational center" for Depp. When Mandel tried to apply Christi's producer's share of back-end movie profits to pay down the loan, according to sources familiar with the transaction, Depp became furious and refused to allow it, hardly the action of a man being bamboozled by his management company.

It seems Depp's strategy is a classic Hollywood defense: I wasn't paying attention, and while I wasn't paying attention, the people supposedly paying attention robbed me blind. He tells me that, to do justice to the assortment of eccentrics he played on film, he couldn't let the outside world intrude. (Tim Burton told me in his role of Willie Wonka, Depp was channeling one part Anna Wintour and one part Michael Jackson.)

"If there were things for me to sign that would come in - and there would be occasionally - I would sign them like this," says Depp, pantomiming signing an imaginary paper with his right hand while his head was swiveled far to the left, staring into the London gloom. "I don't want to fucking see what they are because I trust these people."

Later, he grimaces: "Now I look right at everything I sign."

After my London visit, I obtain access to some of Depp's loan agreements, including one for more than $10 million. The terms and amount of the loan were right there on the summary page he signed. Depp would have had to sign with his eyes closed to miss them.

It appears it will be up to others to bail out Johnny Depp. One of them was almost stopped before she started. On the night of February 28th, 2017, Janine Rayburn received a courier letter from Michael Kump, TMG's primary lawyer. It read:

"I am writing to provide you with a copy of the Severance, Release, Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Agreement that you entered into with TMG effective December 3[rd], 2010. . . ."

The letter did not arrive randomly. Rayburn is a former account manager for TMG and was tasked with handling Depp's finances. She was about to be deposed for the lawsuit. Kump's letter was a polite threat, implying that testifying would violate her 2010 separation agreement with TMG.

Rayburn was apparently undeterred and gave her deposition two days later. Quickly, it became obvious why Kump wanted to quash her testimony. Rayburn had worked on the Depp account from 2008 to 2010, and she saw things that she claims were not on the level. According to her testimony, she says her concern was piqued when she was asked to notarize documents without Depp or Christi present - which is illegal in California. Rayburn took the documents back into Mandel's office and put them on his desk.

"I can't do this," Rayburn said she told Mandel.

According to her, on one occasion, Mandel said that Christi would sign her notary log later, but Rayburn still refused. (Mandel's lawyer denies this ever happened and that he went to extraordinary lengths to get Depp's signature while Depp was on set.) During the same time period, Rayburn saw Christi's expenses being paid out of the Depp fund: her daughter's wedding, rent and mortgage payments. On two occasions, she said she asked Christi to explain the seemingly unapproved expenditures. "He's my brother. My money is his money. His money is mine," Christi answered, according to Rayburn's testimony. Rayburn said she asked Mandel about the odd Christi-Depp situation, but he shrugged it off.

Trying to prove Rayburn's suggestions that some of Depp's financial signatures were sketchy, Waldman sent me two Depp signatures. One is for a 2010 loan, purportedly signed by Depp while he was overseas. The signature is generic and subdued. Then Waldman sent me a more recent signature that is flamboyant and outlandish. They look superficially similar. Depp didn't agree. He wrote to Waldman: "If, one wanted to make the signature APPEAR to have been done very quickly, AS MINE IS, but, in fact . . . looks as if executed from careful study, instead of organically. what i'm saying is that . . . these "shapes" DID NOT COME FROM MY HAND!!!"

During Rayburn's deposition, one of Depp's attorneys asked if Depp was kept in the loop about his spending. "I do not believe that Johnny was aware of his financial situation," said Rayburn. "To my knowledge, financial statements were not sent to him."

Rayburn was terminated from TMG in 2010, being told "it wasn't a good fit." Still, she was asked to stay on three weeks longer and train her replacement. Baffled by the firing - she received a $40,000 severance package - Rayburn wrote two pages of contemporaneous notes to herself about her Depp experiences including: "Joel says - JD always drunk - will sign anything." (Mandel's lawyers deny that he ever said anything about Depp's drinking.)

Depp's lawyers also produced an e-mail from a Depp staffer, recounting a time when Rayburn claimed Joel Mandel needed to confront Depp about his precarious situation, but got so nervous he "went home with shingles." The staffer wrote that a residual payment from Disney saved Mandel from having to have the conversation with his star client. (A source close to Mandel claims he's never had shingles.)

Mandel's lawyers also went after Rayburn's credibility. She admitted that just because she wasn't aware of Depp getting sent a monthly statement, doesn't mean it didn't happen. To put distance between her and Depp, Mandel's lawyer elicited Rayburn to admit she'd only talked to Depp twice, and that both times were about his eBay account. Mandel's legal team also noted that she misrepresented her educational background (professing she had a bachelor's degree in business when she did not), and wasn't part of the TMG team that regularly briefed Depp on his finances.

Still Rayburn's testimony left a mark. At the end of her day of testimony, Depp's lawyers requested more time. Kump declined and said if they wanted more time, they would have to seek a court order that he would oppose. Rayburn was not deposed again.

Part of Depp's suit claims that the Mandels are guilty of inside dealing. According to his legal team, the Mandels wired $1.5 million of Depp's money, without telling him, into Lionheart, a hedge fund that, according to the SEC, is partially owned by the Mandels. Waldman claims TMG never disclosed that they owned Lionheart. (TMG asserts there were multiple conversations.) In 2008, the Mandels put the $1.5 million back in Depp's account with a minuscule profit of $32,000. Depp's return was a measly 0.3 percent, which, the Mandel team says, was because Depp - always cash poor - needed the money and the market was crashing due to the Great Recession.

The chronic late payments of Depp's taxes are a black mark against TMG.

"I just had no clue," says Depp in one of the few moments when he looks genuinely worried. "If you're knowingly not paying the United States government taxes, somebody is gonna fucking catch up with you and hand you a bill and you'll probably go to the pokey."

While the Mandels claim it was all about Depp's cash-flow problems, Miriam Fisher, a tax attorney first employed by TMG and later by Ed White, suggests TMG had two options: get their clients' finances in shape so he could pay on time, or borrow money from a commercial lender and not use the Internal Revenue Service as its bank. "TMG had a lot of options, and they chose the worse one: make the IRS your creditor."

The attention of Depp's suit has shined an unwelcome spotlight on TMG, which has always kept a low profile. The Wall Street Journal reported in August that both the SEC and the IRS were in the preliminary stage of investigating the Mandels on alleged money laundering and fraud. (The Mandel legal team is convinced Waldman called the agencies; Waldman denies the claim.)

Whether these federal investigations will amount to anything is unknown - nothing has emerged so far - but there was no doubt whom the Mandels blamed for their troubles: Johnny Depp. TMG's lawyers released a statement:

"In 30 years of business, no current or former client of TMG has raised any issue, other than Johnny Depp, who continues to spread malicious, unfounded lies about the company. TMG will vigorously defend and defeat all of Depp's fabricated claims."

On the third day, I go back to my hotel room for a hot shower and a change of clothes before returning to the mansion.

"You should have just stayed here," says Depp.

When I tell him I needed to change my underwear, he grins.

"That's why I always wear two pairs," says Depp with a smile. "Matter of fact, I'm wearing six condoms right now." I laugh, which seemingly encourages him: "I also have a dental dam if you need one."

We are all punch-drunk in each other's company, but some are just plain drunk. Maybe it is the booze and hash, but Depp seems happy to just have someone to hang out with, even though we have exhausted the ins and outs of his case. Someone mentions they can't stand Oasis. This is enough of an opening for Depp to grab an acoustic guitar and spend 20 minutes tuning it, before squawking out a few notes of "Wonderwall." My head pounds, but you can tell the guitar brings him comfort, taking him back to his younger days when he was a male ingénue and not a punchline: bankrupt, isolated and one more mistake away from being blackballed from his industry.

He talks about his early days living with a few roommates in an L.A. flophouse. One time, after ending the previous night in a cheap Venice Beach motel, Depp returned home. Within 48 hours, everyone was scratching below the belt. There was an apartment meeting: "We're itchy. Why are we itchy?"

Depp shaved his entire body. He looked at the crabs under a magnifying glass.

"They look like crab-crabs, like from the sea." He laughs a bit. "I gave everyone scabies," says Depp, taking another drag on a cigarette. "You know how hard it is to tell your roommates that?" He puts on a voice that sounds like Kramer from Seinfeld: " 'Uh, I got scabies from a hotel room, I swear. Sorry, dude.'

He recalls going to the drugstore to buy Kwell, an anti-scabies medication. "I think the guy was, 'Price check on the Kwell.' "

Everyone laughs, but Depp isn't done.

"My roommate couldn't say much. He was a bank robber." I say that sounds like bullshit, but Depp tells me to look it up.

"He was the ponytail bandit," he says. "He was 11 and 1, but that one will get you. He only robbed banks in Beverly Hills."

I look it up on my phone, and there was, in fact, a ponytail bandit in L.A. at the time. Depp nods after I show him confirmation.

"I told you," he says. "I don't lie."

The night turns into early morning. A light snow begins falling on the grand backyard of the house, a backyard that no one in Depp's entourage has set foot in during their stay.

This spring showed Depp's legal team in disarray. In April, the team gave notice that it was quitting and an obscure Orange County firm was taking its place. Three weeks later, Ben Chew, Depp's chief litigator, re-emerged and signed back up with Waldman. Adding to his troubles, Depp is being sued by his American bodyguards for back wages, and they have alleged they had to alert Depp to "illegal substances visible on his face and person" when in public. After many delays, Depp finally sat for a deposition on May 26th. The trial is still scheduled for August. What happens next is anyone's guess.

The wild card is Christi. She's made no public statements about the dispute, and neither party has accused her of wrongdoing. But the crux of the dispute may hang on how much power Depp gave her over his finances.

Legal experts say the lawsuit could cost Depp millions in legal fees, and his chance of recouping that at trial seems dubious. Waldman kept floating alternate theories involving Malaysian banks, a Hollywood superagent and Mideast investors, nothing has been substantiated - maybe he'll pull it off at the trial. Depp spent Christmas in France, the winter in the Bahamas and much of the spring at his Hollywood estate. He never did sell Hameau or any of his other properties. He seems unlikely to compromise or admit defeat.

"I have never, ever in my life been the bully kid," Depp tells me. "I never went out of my way to hurt anybody. When I was a little kid, what I was taught was never fucking start a fight, but if somebody fucking tags you or invades your fucking world, finish the fucking fight. To my mom's exact words, 'Lay them out with a fucking brick.' "

Depp says the fight is for his children, Jack and Lily-Rose, a Chanel model.

"My son had to hear about how his old man lost all his money from kids at school, that's not right," says Depp. He rubs his eyes with his tobacco-stained hands. He says one of the proudest moments of his life was when Jack said he'd started a band and Depp asked what they were called.

"The kid says 'Clown Boner.' " Depp smiles proudly. "We don't need a paternity test. That's my kid."

Depp rambles on about what he wants to do as soon as the lawsuits are settled and he is vindicated. There is a French book he wants to adapt and direct. It's about a man who loses his wife, loses everything and then checks into a senior-citizen home even though he's only in his forties.

"It's called Happier Days," Depp tells me. (This is not to be confused with a Keith Richards documentary that Depp says he's halfway done with, which is tentatively titled Happy.)

From there, it's a short jump to musing about a remake of Titanic, filmed entirely in a bathtub.

"That would be great, but Hollywood never takes risks anymore," says Depp with a sigh.

I want to go home, but feel reluctant to leave. One of the most famous actors in the world is now smoking dope with a writer and his lawyer while his cook makes dinner and his bodyguards watch television. There is no one around him who isn't getting paid.

Light begins to seep through the windows. Waldman goes to sleep. He has an early flight to Switzerland to go cross-country skiing with Oleg Deripaska. I see this as an opening to leave. Depp looks for a security guard to call me a cab, but his knocking goes unanswered. So he walks me out.

"Thanks for coming," says Depp. "This could be your Pulitzer."

For the next 15 minutes, Depp tries to figure out how to open the gates to his mansion fortress. He clicks buttons and pushes the fence, but nothing budges. He is a lost boy who won't find his way home before dark. I finally tell him I can shimmy over the fence. I clamber over and jump down. Through the bars we say good night.

"Take care, man," he says. He goes silent for a moment. "Thank you for listening."

He then turns around and walks back into his gilded prison and pushes open the heavy door. After a moment, it slams shut behind him.

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Johnny Depp isn't here yet. Still, his presence is all around the 10,500-square-foot rented mansion at 16 Bishopswood Road in London's Highgate neighborhood. He is here in the busy hands of Russell, his personal chef working up the Peking duck. He is here in the stogie-size joint left by the sink in the guest bathroom.

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This Asahi Beer advert is very similar to the Dior Sauvage advert. From the very start of the advert Depp is seen playing an electric guitar and wearing very similar clothing from the previous advert. It's clearly seen that Depp's image is a clash of formal with a rock vibe. He walks out in his usual shirt and waistcoat while wearing sunglasses. Alongside this, he wears his cowboy hat and has Native American Indian feathers attached to his waist belt.

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In this Dior Sauvage advert, Johnny Depp is seen playing the role of himself.  This is evidently seen by his style of clothing- a shirt with a waistcoat, sunglasses, a lot of jewellery and more. We get a glimpse into his pirate's hybrid look where he removes his sunglasses and we see dark eyeliner outlining his eyes. Moreover, at the beginning Depp is playing the guitar, an instrument he has loved playing since he was a kid. This is an image that he has set for himself and continues to pursue. Fan's identify the look to Depp.

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Johnny Depp : the captain life Style : Fashion and Dressing part 1 Episode 38

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In the 80’s, Johnny Depp entered the scene rocking his look which consisted of a t-shirt matched with a leather jacket and his iconic cowboy hat. It didn’t take long before Depp became Hollywood’s new heartthrob. As the years have gone by, Depp’s look has altered slightly, yet still staying true to his unique style, he has gone from a rock-style look to a pirate-rocker hybrid.

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Take a look at Johnny Depp's fashionable style evolution throughout the years.

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Showing of his unique style of clothing, Johnny Depp loves rock inspired looks. For example, he loves to wear biker and leather jackets, a super stylish one being the black Armani jeans leather bomber jacket. Sometimes he goes for a more classic look of plain shirt and jeans. No matter the style, Depp is able to pull anything off.

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Johnny Depp has been around Hollywood since the 1980s and has been wearing a mix of stylish formal clothing and rock inspired outfits from the beginning of his career.

Depp has been showing off his unique taste in clothes since the start of his career and the man himself has become a staple name in celebrity culture for his look and fashion. Looking back through the years, we are going to follow Depp's most iconic styles and cover how you can dress to impress like the Pirates of the Caribbean star.

With this outfit, the mix of the white long sleeve shirt and black waistcoat looks so simple yet so stylish due to the way Depp carries himself.

The look can easily be copied by getting a white Levis long sleeve sunset one-pocket shirt and pairing it with a black Antony Morato waistcoat. For the jeans, some blue Levis 511 slim fit jeans will more than suffice.

Of course if you want to stay true to the outfit to a tee then you will need to loosely roll up the sleeves of the shirt, however you can just go with your own take on this look if that isn't your style. Whether the outfit is for you or not, there is always the option to add accessories to further make it your own.

The shoes of the outfit are a pair of black Fred Perry Byron mid suede shoes which fit in perfectly with the rest of this getup.

Depp loves his rock inspired outfits which he wears whenever he doesn't sport his long sleeve shirts and waistcoats. He loves to wear biker and leather jackets, a super stylish one being the black Armani jeans leather bomber jacket.

The jacket might be pricey for a lot of people but being a style icon has a price that needs to be paid. Pair the bomber jacket with either a black Franklin Marshall crew neck t-shirt or a white Diesel T Jam t-shirt and you'll own the look.

Pair this shirt and jacket combo with the Levis 511 slim fit jeans from the previous outfit and a pair of Timberland Adventure 2.0 cupsole boots to finish off the look. This should get you one step closer to looking and feeling like a rockstar.

The colour pallet of the outfit is very common, but why fix what isn't broken? Changing the scheme will only ruin an already classic look. Adding extra accessories should add the extra oomph to your outfit that Depp would be proud of.

Johnny can look great in whatever he wears, including a simple shirt and glasses; a look which is easily mimicked. Feel free to replace the regular glasses with some Ray Ban 3025 aviator sunglasses for added flair, however if you already wear graded glasses then just rock those with the outfit.

For the upper portion of the outfit, you can get a burgundy Ralph Lauren slim fit striped polo t-shirt. The t-shirt looks pretty close to the one that Depp is wearing and it is also a simple design whilst remaining stylish. To avoid being too blue, steer clear of wearing denim jeans and instead go for a pair of black Hugo Boss Delaware 3 jeans; these will finish the outfit nicely.

Johnny Depp has been gaining notoriety for his fashion sense over the years, rocking a lot of different outfits through the ages. Now it's your turn to follow his lead and get that unique, sophisticated style.

Written by Fritz Samson

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Johnny Depp has played a large number of movie roles. He is known for playing Willa Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) and the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland (2010). Still, even now, his legacy has and will always be Jack Sparrow. He lives and breathes the character. Wherever he goes or whatever he does, he brings Jack alongside him. Whether it's visiting a children's hospital or his fun and quirky personality, Jack Sparrow will live on with Depp to the end.

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In this interview, Depp got deep into his childhood and the trauma he faced. Opening up about the real world and being able to relate to others allowed Depp to break down the barrier between a celebrity and a normal person.

"I was trying to calm the circus"

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Aged 12, Johnny was sat at the back seat of the car as him and his family were driving in a little town they lived in. A small concert took place in the parking lot of a store and Johnny instantly fell in love. The band was called Rocklin Channel. Hence, he begged his mum to buy him a guitar, which was a cheap ($25) Decca guitar.

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Johnny Depp didn't have a glorious childhood, in fact it was filled with nightmares. Music was his form of escapism, he would stay locked up in his room and use his guitar to drown out the noise. His mother was mostly the most violent, however, his father would on occasion use his belt.

“I found a way to escape all the, sort of, nightmare home stuff, you know? It was a pretty radical – a pretty unpredictable – household that I lived in. You never knew what was going to be coming next. It might be an ashtray thrown at your head. Or a shoe.”

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Johnny Depp has revealed how learning to play the guitar offered an escape from the "nightmare" of his abusive upbringing.

The guitarist and Hollywood star was a special guest at the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour in Tokyo and he gave a frank, in-depth interview to Classic Rock about his career in the movies, his role as a guitarist in rock supergroup Hollywood Vampires and his traumatic childhood.

Asked how he first came to pick up a guitar, Depp says: "I was about 12 years old in the backseat and we were driving down the sort of main boulevard in this little town we lived, and there was a little local concert going on in the parking lot of the grocery store.

"We got stuck at a stop light and there was a band playing. I remember the name of the band, actually, they were called Rocklin Channel."

After convincing his mother to buy him "a shitty little Decca guitar for 25 bucks, and some little blue Plush amp that sounded like... it was just trash," the young Depp began a lifelong love affair with music.

He adds: "I found a way to escape all the, sort of, nightmare home stuff, you know? It was a pretty radical - a pretty unpredictable - household that I lived in. You never knew what was going to be coming next. It might be an ashtray thrown at your head. Or a shoe."

Depp says the violence came mostly from his mother, but adds: "My dad was good with the belt. But those were different days. They did what they knew best.

"But when I found guitar, from that moment on, like, I don't have any memory whatsoever of puberty. None. Because I just literally locked myself in my bedroom and paid attention to the records, and I learned stuff."

The full interview with Depp can be read in the new issue of Classic Rock magazine, which is available now in print and via TeamRock+.

As well as a look back at the best of the world of rock from 2016, issue 231 also features a full account of the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour show in Tokyo.
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Johnny Depp used music to escape 'nightmare' childhood

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Johnny Depp has revealed how learning to play the guitar offered an escape from the "nightmare" of his abusive upbringing. The guitarist and Hollywood star was a special guest at the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour in Tokyo and he gave a frank, in-depth interview to Classic Rock about his career in the movies, his role as a guitarist in rock supergroup Hollywood Vampires and his traumatic childhood.

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In 1994, Johnny Depp was arrested for trashing a hotel room in New York after having a heated argument with his ex Kate Moss. During this time Depp was viewed as reckless and short-tempered.

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In 2007, while he was filming for Pinewood Studios, Johnny was informed that his daughter, Lily-Rose Depp was admitted to Great Ormond Street hospital for kidney failure due to E.coli poisoning. After nearly losing his daughter, Johnny was even more determined to visit children's hospitals, saying they become more important to him. Going through the experience himself, Johnny understands the pain parents go through when their children are sick.

'When my daughter was ill in Great Ormond Street, it was the darkest period of my life. I’d always done these visits but after that experience the visits became more and more important."

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'It was the darkest period of my life': Johnny Depp describes daughter Lily-Rose's harrowing time in hospital with kidney failure in 2007

Devoted father Johnny Depp has revealed the 'dark period' when his daughter Lily-Rose was admitted to Great Ormond Street hospital in 2007.

His daughter with ex Vanessa Paradis, now 16, was admitted to the children's hospital for nine days for kidney failure caused by E.coli poisoning while Depp was filming at Pinewood Studios.

Speaking to Graham Norton about returning to the hospital to cheer up patients dressed as his Pirates of the Caribbean character Captain Jack Sparrow, Depp said: 'For me it's a gift. They give me the gift.

'When my daughter was ill in Great Ormond Street, it was the darkest period of my life. I'd always done these visits but after that experience the visits became more and more important.

'The kids are so courageous but to be able to bring a smile or a giggle to the parents means everything in the world to me.'

The actor, who also has a son, Jack, 13, is currently in London to promote his new film Black Mass in which he plays crime boss James 'Whitey' Bulger.

He joked that he had his eyes set on a knighthood in the capital.

'I end up here quite a lot. I'm after the "Sir" thing,' he said.

But Depp, now married to actress Amber Heard, might struggle to understand a ceremony if his first meeting with royalty is anything to go by.

'I met Prince Charles. He came to the premiere of Finding Neverland, I shook his hand but I didn't understand a word he said and I don't think he understood a word I said so it wasn't very meaningful necessarily, but he seemed nice!' he said.

Johnny was joined on the sofa by fellow actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who stars alongside him in the movie, as character Billy Bulger.

Also on the sofa were Victor Frankenstein actors Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy.

The Graham Norton Show will air on November 27 at 10.35pm on BBC One.

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Devoted father Johnny Depp has revealed the 'dark period' when his daughter Lily-Rose was admitted to Great Ormond Street hospital in 2007. His daughter with ex Vanessa Paradis, now 16, was admitted to the children's hospital for nine days for kidney failure caused by E.coli poisoning while Depp was filming at Pinewood Studios.

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Depp has supported a lot of Charities some of which are: Children's Hospital, Dogs deserve better, Rethink Mental Illness and War Child. More can be found to the link attached.

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Profile of Johnny Depp’s support for charities including Helen & Douglas House, Project HOME, and Julian House. We have 57 articles about Johnny Depp’s philanthropy.

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Johnny Depp is known for his kind and sweet nature. Wherever he goes, laughter and smiles follow him. Although he has gone through a lot in his past and struggled with divorce and allegations made about him, Depp never failed to do what was right. Upon his arrival in Canada, Johnny Depp decided to visit a Children's Hospital and spent more than five hours talking to sick patients and playing with them. He made silly jokes such as "Do you know the way to the hospital?" and "I have no sword. I come in Peace." The children were delighted and in shock from the surprise visit. Through this Depp was mediated as nurturing and humorous.

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"Captain Jack's ship arrived under a veil of secrecy and was met at the entrance by patients who gave the pirate the lay of the land," the hospital said.

"Blowing into the playroom with his first mates Hollywood actor Johnny Depp brought his pirate playfulness to the children assembled for a Pirate Party.

"Depp showed he has a heart of gold by spending more than 5 hours meeting one-on-one with every patient, from newborns to teens."

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Johnny Depp surprises children's hospital patients dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow

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"Captain Jack's ship arrived under a veil of secrecy and was met at the entrance by patients who gave the pirate the lay of the land," the hospital said. "Blowing into the playroom with his first mates Hollywood actor Johnny Depp brought his pirate playfulness to the children assembled for a Pirate Party.

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Johnny Depp smokes a cigarette as he rocks out on stage while performing a charity gig with his band Hollywood Vampires

He formed the supergroup Hollywood Vampires with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry back in 2015.

And Johnny Depp looked every inch the rock star as he performed a charity gig with his bandmates in Anaheim, California, on Sunday night.

The A-list actor, 56, smoked a cigarette as he jammed out the group's first album, Rise, on his guitar while wearing a patterned get-up.

The Pirates Of The Caribbean star layered a pinstriped suit over a striped fisherman's top and topped the look with a patterned scarf and baker boy hat.

The actor and rocker completed his stage ensemble with a pair of cool tinted shades.

The band are set to embark on a 16-date European tour in August, beginning in Germany.

Johnny is due to start filming for Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them 3 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the spring.

The star's most recent film, Minamata, in which he plays WWII photojournalist W. Eugene Smith, will be released at the Berlin International Film Festival next month.

Johnny formed Hollywood Vampires with Cooper and Perry in 2015, as an homage to the music of rock stars who passed away in the 1970s due to a lifestyle of excess.

The band name is taken from a drinking club called The Hollywood Vampires, which Cooper formed in the 1970s.

Members included music luminaries such as John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon and Mickey Dolenz.

The band made their debut live performance in September 2015 at The Roxy in Los Angeles, just days after their debut, self-titled album debuted.

Depp, Cooper and Perry were joined by former Guns 'n Roses members Duff McKagan on bass and Matt Sorum on drums.

Their second album, Rise, was released in June, with the first single, along with a cover of David Bowie's Heroes.

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Johnny Depp in good spirits as he performs with Hollywood Vampires

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He formed the supergroup Hollywood Vampires with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry back in 2015. And Johnny Depp looked every inch the rock star as he performed a charity gig with his bandmates in Anaheim, California, on Sunday night.

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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Official Trailer 1 (2003) HD

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Johnny wanted to do his best to please his fans and wherever he goes he always brings along his 'Jack in a box'.

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Johnny Depp's Favorite Part of Playing Jack Sparrow

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Pirates of the Caribbean achieved great success and lead Johnny to greater roles such as playing a key role in the movie Secret Window (2004) by Stephen King. Johnny was nominated numerous time for an Oscar to which he never won but this didn't mean he wasn't recognised as a talented actor. Johnny has claimed many awards, some of which are: MTV Award for Best Movie Actor and People's Choice Award for Favourite Movie Actor.

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During his career, Johnny played a lot of roles in movies to which he did simply as a means to pay rent. His love for music still prevailed but whenever he had the chance he would get out his guitar and play a few songs, whether he was shooting a scene or not. It wasn't until Pirates of the Caribbean where Johnny truly flourished. Playing the character Jack Sparrow, Johnny was able to showcase some of his personality into the role. Being quirky, charming and rogue. Only Depp could pull it off.

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Depp stared in a lot of movies such as Private Resort and in the short film called Dummies, however, he shot to stardom when he played the role of an undercover police officer named Tommy Hanson in the popular TV series 21 Jump Street. In this role, Depp has a fresh face minus the black liner and his funky hat. His style of clothing matched the 80's trend and his skin was airbrushed flawless. Many females fell head over heels for this image of Depp.

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Similarly to 21 Jump Street, Depp's image is innocent and charming. He's clean shaven, hair perfectly styled to look messy whilst spotlighting his presence. He certainly caught fans and other producers attention.

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Johnny Depp Surprises Fans as Captain Jack Sparrow at Disneyland!

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BC Children's Hospital Foundation (2017)

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Johnny Depp as “Captain Jack Sparrow” sails into Vancouver to visit patients at BCCH [FULL VIDEO}

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Even as an actor, Johnny pursued his love for music. He played the acoustic guitar in the movie Chocolate (2000) and contributed in the soundtrack of Érase Una Vez en México (2003).

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Hollywood Vampires "I Want My Now" Official Music Video - New Album "Rise" OUT NOW

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September 2015, the band released their first album which held 2 songs composed by Johnny Depp. Amongst all the drama he faced and the career path he never wanted to step into, Depp managed to land his life long dream of being in a rock band. It was evident from the clothes he wore and his rebellious attitude, Depp was always meant to be a rock star.

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In 2015 he formed a rock band called: Hollywood Vampires and the members consisted of Johnny himself, Alice Cooper and Joe Perry. The band has been active to this day.  He has kept this image of himself through the drama and press. Since the beginning he has always kept his own image and style as well as interests and hobbies.

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Johnny faced and overcame his mental health. He sought out a therapist which helped control his mood and thoughts. He uses techniques to help control his breathing and to relax. Moreover, Depp says that acting helps him escape reality.
Being so open about his mental state allowed Depp to be perceived as honest and connected with his fans on a more personal level.

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"People Cry not because they're weak it's because they've been strong for too long."- Johnny Depp.
Johnny Depp, 55 is an American actor who has featured in many blockbusters famously known for his breath-taking role in Pirates of the Caribbean. The actor has talked openly about his fight with anxiety and depression which are said to have been triggered by difficulties in both his personal and professional life.
"I poured myself vodka in the morning and started writing until the tears filled my eyes and I couldn't see the page anymore,"
Depression is a mental health illness that results in an individual feeling negatively about themselves, causing them feeling of sadness or a loss of interest in activities that they once use to enjoy.
"I was as low as I believe I could have gotten.. the next step [for me] was, 'You're going to arrive somewhere with you eyes open and you're going to leave there with your eyes closed. I couldn't take the pain every day."
Johnny Depp was believed to have been self-medicating to escape the stress of life and loneliness which was a result of his declining mental health condition. This consisted periods of heavy drinking and allegations of drug abuse. The actor has lost considerable weight as illustrated in photos such as the one taken with fans in St Petersburg, Russia where he looked thinner and significantly paler then usual having lost considerable weight.

How did he overcome it?

Despite the struggles faced by the actor he was able to overcome his mental health condition. The feelings of anxiety were managed by therapist which helped him to control his mood and emotions. Johnny Depp says he uses films and acting to escape his mental health as acting enables him to get into character and disconnect from his reality.

Johnny Depp is a great success story to share because of what he has achieved in his professional career and what he has been able to accomplish despite how bad his mental wellbeing became and the stigma surrounding such condition especially in Hollywood. The actor is a true inspirational for millions suffering from anxiety and depression because of the way in which he has been able to manage his condition on a regular basis.

Johnny deep tips on positive mental health consist of relaxation techniques as well as seeking medical advice and therapy.

To read more more about how Mental Health has been successfully been managed by others here is a link to Frank Bruno' story

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"Anxiety and Depression "- Johnny Depp -

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"With Anxiety and Depression people will cry not because they're weak it's because they've been strong for too long."- Johnny Depp. "People Cry not Johnny Depp, 55 is an American actor who has talked openly about his fight with anxiety and depression which are said to have been triggered by his personal and professional life.

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It is evident that from an early age Johnny Depp has struggled with depression and mental health. This lead him down a dark path where he dabbled with drugs and drinking.

“I poured myself vodka in the morning and started writing until the tears filled my eyes and I couldn’t see the page anymore.”

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Johnny Depp fell victim to 'Cancellation Culture', he was cancelled by film studio, Disney and from Pirates of the Caribbean franchise in which he had headlined for years prior. JK Rolling had defended her good friend Depp and even cast him for a role in Fantastic Beast to which fans bashed the author for casting 'the wife beater'. Once it was revealed that Johnny was innocent, Amber Heard was 'cancelled' and many fans apologised to Johnny and JK Rolling for their harsh words. #AmberHeardIsAnAbuser started to trend on twitter. The stars image was constructed based upon rumours, lies and events.

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After a legal battle, a divorce settlement of $7million was reached in January 2017, on the condition that Heard dismiss her request for a continued restraining order amongst other things. A non-disparagement agreement was signed and the divorced couple released a statement.

The statement read that their " relationship was intensely passionate and at times volatile, but always bound by love," adding that neither party " made false accusations for financial gain," and further indicating that there was " never any intent of physical or emotional harm."

By this time, Johnny Depp had already been cancelled on a large scale by the court of public opinion, and by film studio, Disney, from the " Pirates of the Caribbean " franchise which he had headlined for years prior.

Although, the statement released was related to money, the dropping came in the thick of domestic violence accusations against him, and an accusation against Harry Potter author, J.K Rowling for casting "wife-beater Depp" in her novel adaptation, "Fantastic Beasts."

Simultaneously, Depp also reportedly lost a $650 million fortune to a lavish lifestyle and problems while Heard soared in her career. She became one of the faces of domestic violence and the #MeToo movement, culminating in a Washington Post op-ed titled, "I spoke up against sexual violence - and faced our culture's wrath. That has to change " in December 2018.

Johnny Depp Lawsuit, Amber Heard Cancelled

That op-ed created a problem for Amber Heard. A few days ago, Depp's Lawyers filed a reported $50million suit against Heard. In the op-ed, though she did not regard Depp directly, they claimed it a breach of the non-disparagement agreement signed by Depp and Heard upon their divorce being finalized.

Twitter has since kicked into overdrive with claims by Depp's Lawyers, seemingly taking advantage of the non-disparagement agreement - signed upon the finalization of their divorce - breached by Heard to reveal that Heard also admitted on oath to abusing Depp.

It also has not helped that images have now surfaced of Depp's fingers being bitten off by Heard; his face being bruised, all alleged to be by Heard. Indeed, reports have also claimed that in Heard's previous relationship, she serially abused her partner.

As alleged, Depp's Lawyers also have a further 87 surveillance videos of Heard supposedly abusing Depp. Amongst other things, Depp has also allegedly denied ever abusing Heard, claiming she was abused by another person. He also allegedly claims that Heard went into a relationship with Tesla CEO, Elon Musk barely a month into their marriage.

The pendulum of woke sympathy has since swung from Amber to Johnny. Now, it's about nailing Amber to the wall and canceling her. It's so interesting that nobody has stopped to consider why Depp waited till Heard supposedly breached the terms of their agreement for this grand revelation.

Instead, what we have been reading is how Depp was a victim and Heard is the monster. Everybody now suddenly think pictures that only suggest that Heard was a victim, and with no conclusive evidence that Depp was in fact innocent are authoritative evidence to exonerate Depp.

Does the guilt of one person intimate the innocence of another in domestic violence?

No. As Pulse wrote in 2018, " One can see that the root of 'cancel-culture' is an emotion; at the root of real emotion is offense. One can only take offence like Twitter users have to Chimamanda's opinions - despite being factual - if one is so invested in what another preaches.

"Groupthink is a problem responsible for some of the greatest atrocities the world has seen and some of the most avoidable problems the world is yet to see. We can have heroes, but sometimes, it is good to only use messages passed by our heroes as instructive message, on which we can build our own ethos."

Why were we so invested in Depp that we felt a responsibility to cancel him, even without conclusive evidence in 2016? Why are still so agreeable, that in 2019, just because presumptive evidence has surfaced to imply that Heard was also an abuser, we suddenly want to exonerate Depp and nail Heard to the wall - even with no evidence that Depp is in fact innocent. He has not disproved that he in fact abused Heard.

Why did Johnny Depp not disprove the allegation in 2016? Why now? Why did he release a statement with Heard after their divorce was finalized saying, " relationship was intensely passionate and at times volatile, but always bound by love." Presumably, that could be argued as an admittance of mutual abusive tendencies throughout the relationship.

Yet, the millennial generation, without thought has decided to also 'cancel Amber Heard.' The problem is that the only thinking we do as a generation is a groupthink that appeals most to our sentiment and sympathy in human interest cases.

Except you are seemingly too far gone like Harvey Weinstein, R. Kelly, or Bill Cosby, battling multiple, consistent accusations that establish a pattern, the cancel culture should be an entirely useless tool.

'Cancel' is a hastily utilized tool of justice in the court of public opinion, when the very impatient millennials feel the court system might be too slow and pragmatic to deliver a sharp and fulfilling verdict.

In this Depp/Heard case, what we are seeing manifest is the result of subconscious guilt for judging Depp so seemingly hastily in 2016, upon little evidence. That guilt has now manifested into swinging the pendulum of sympathy away from Amber Heard to Johnny Depp. And with it, the weight of thoughtless anger that manifests into the cancel culture.

It is also why we suddenly feel that Depp is innocent when evidence only suggest that complicity of Heard and not the innocence of Depp. It's so sad that my generation can gulp down anything a sound PR machine wants them to believe, especially when gender wars and gender sentiments are involved.

In truth, this Depp/Heard matter seems a case of Heard making a great mistake by doing that op-ed, giving Depp a reason to also use the sympathy machinery she had used to success and public support in 2016. At this time, Depp's PR machinery has succeeded into appealing to the gullible side of the social media generation.

They might have exaggerated facts, and possibly used simple power of context to mislead people.

Canceling people is mostly unnecessary but for a few cases

'Cancelled' now seems a very corny, cliché statement than being a tool of reasonable justice these days. Mostly, it is applied unnecessarily to phony scenarios.

We need to stop being invested in celebrities so much that we feel so offended by the less savoury parts of their lives when revealed. You can only want to cancel someone because you feel a personal offence to what they did, enough to also deny yourself of any emotional connection. In a way, that even seems self-imposed emotional strain.

We need to be less dependent on the lives of celebrities and idols. We need to desist from groupthink which predates mob mentality and group anger, where reasonability is usually lost.

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Despite new Amber Heard violence details, is Johnny Depp really innocent?

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After a legal battle, a divorce settlement of $7million was reached in January 2017, on the condition that Heard dismiss her request for a continued restraining order amongst other things. A non-disparagement agreement was signed and the divorced couple released a statement.

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Amber Heard cried out 'Stop hitting me Johnny' unaware that members of Depp's security team were standing just a few feet away as well as an 18-year veteran of the LA County Sheriffs ' Department. Likewise, the lawsuit refers to an incident in which Amber threw a bottle of vodka at Johnny which resulted in him getting hand surgery. On numerous occasions, Amber hit and kicked Johnny while he was in bed.

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Johnny Depp supporters are calling for justice, as more details surrounding his lawsuit against Amber Heard come to light.

Earlier this month, it was reported that Depp was suing his ex-wife for $50 million over her allegations of domestic abuse-allegations she addressed in a 2018 op-ed for the Washington Post. Depp's lawsuit referred to Heard's claims as nothing more than an "elaborate hoax," and presented evidence that suggested Depp was the one who endured physical abuse during the marriage-not the other way around.

"The op-ed depended on the central premise that Ms. Heard was a domestic abuse victim and that Mr. Depp perpetrated domestic violence against her," the complaint reads. Though Heard's Washington Post piece didn't specifically name Depp, attorneys said the implications are "categorically and demonstrably false." The suit also states that Heard's abuse allegations "have been conclusively refuted by two separate responding police officers, a litany of neutral third-party witnesses, and 87 newly obtained surveillance camera videos."

The lawsuit refers to an alleged incident in which Heard threw a bottle of vodka at Depp, resulting in an injury that required hand surgery. The suit also accuses Heard of punching Depp as he was in bed, kicking him on numerous occasions, and even staging her own attacks.

"Unaware that members of Mr. Depp's security team (including an 18-year veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department) were mere feet away, Ms. Heard falsely began yelling, 'Stop hitting me, Johnny,'" court documents state. "The interaction culminated with Ms. Heard making false allegations that Mr. Depp struck her with a cell phone, hit her and destroyed the penthouse. There were multiple eyewitnesses to this hoax."

Depp's legal team believes Heard fabricated her claims in an effort to propel her career as the #MeToo movement was in full swing.

"Ms. Heard also knew that her elaborate hoax worked: As a result of her false allegations against Mr. Depp, Ms. Heard became a darling of the #MeToo movement, was the first actress named a Human Rights Champion of the United Nations Human Rights Office, was appointed ambassador on women's rights at the American Civil Liberties Union, and was hired by L'Oreal Paris as its global spokesperson," the lawsuit states.

"This frivolous action is just the latest of Johnny Depp's repeated efforts to silence Amber Heard," Heard's attorney Eric M. George told Deadline about the defamation suit. "She will not be silenced."

George continued: "Mr. Depp's actions prove he is unable to accept the truth of his ongoing abusive behavior [...] But while he appears hell-bent on achieving self destruction, we will prevail in defeating this groundless lawsuit and ending the continued vile harassment of my client by Mr. Depp and his legal team."

In wake of all this, some people have gone to social media to express their support for Depp.

johnny depp was abused by amber heard, has many witnesses, video evidence and the woman herself actually confessed but everyone really gonna act like she's a role model, sweetheart and positive ambassador for feminism. aye, awrite then.
- it's Kristy, not Kirsty (@AsToldByKristy) March 8, 2019

as we continue to learn more about johnny depp/amber heard... i think now is a good time to remember that if heard did lie, she's the exception not the rule. most domestic violence reports are not fabricated. this is a fact.
- Lena Blietz (@LenaBlietz) March 13, 2019

interesting how men seem so much angrier about this one instance of a woman *allegedly* lying than they are at the other men in this world who are actual abusers. and it should go without saying that, yes, i agree that domestic violence is unacceptable regardless of gender.
- Lena Blietz (@LenaBlietz) March 13, 2019

Johnny Depp has submitted to court 87 surveillance camera videos to prove Heard lied. There are 17 sworn depositions of neutral witnesses, including 2 police officers, pictures of J Depp's injuries caused by Heard. AMBER HEARD IS AN ABUSER AND A LIAR #JohnnyDepp pic.twitter.com/Kalv6LUrWR
- Ang_Xim (@Lifeisabirdsong) March 12, 2019

remember when everyone was standing by amber heard when the abuse allegations came out but now johnny depp has said that she was the one who abused him everyone is silent about it, 87 surveillance videos of actual proof just don't mean a thing to the internet pic.twitter.com/k0nKeVB9sr
- tyler (@tylerrmorrisss) March 7, 2019

This event was the first time Johnny Depp was seen in public after Amber Heard had violently attacked him the previous month. Look how he's clinging to Kate Winslet. He was desperate for some love and support. pic.twitter.com/tTCvZTFcUQ
- v (@standinthe_rain) March 8, 2019

If Johnny Depp was suing Amber Heard only to get money, he would have sued her for like 5 million at most. When he's suing for 50m you know damn well that he doesn't care about getting money cause there's no way Amber can pay him. He's CLEANING his name.
- KeepRocking (@truthhurts06) March 3, 2019

All the people who cancelled Johnny Depp for supposedly abusing Amber Heard after they found out she lied and it was actually her who abused him pic.twitter.com/6NPyLPzlW2
- idk (@idkbuddy69) March 12, 2019

I apologize to johnny depp for "cancelling" him and believing amber heard when the allegations came out. This whole situation is so fucked up we need to do better for victims of abuse regardless of gender and our biased takes on situations
- téa 🌗 | exams (@cirisolo) March 12, 2019

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Why Some People Are Calling to 'Uncancel' Johnny Depp in Wake of His $50 Million Lawsuit Against Amber Heard

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Johnny Depp supporters are calling for justice, as more details surrounding his lawsuit against Amber Heard come to light. Earlier this month, it was reported that Depp was suing his ex-wife for $50 million over her allegations of domestic abuse-allegations she addressed in a 2018 op-ed for the Washington Post .

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Johnny has had two children with Vanessa Paradis, a boy and a girl. Lily-Rose Depp (1999) and John Christopher Depp III (Jack) (2002).

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Johnny Depp has been married twice yet he has had dated many female celebrities off-screen.  He has been engaged to a couple of these females, some of which are: Kate Moss, Jennifer Grey and Winona Ryder. Still, he has only been married to Lori Anne Allison (1983-1986) and Amber Heard (2015-2017). His fans are aware of this and don't fault him as he is 'charming' and a 'looker' yet critics could say he's a bit of a player.

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After the move Johnny hated his new home and life. At the age of 12 he started to smoke, experiment with drugs, and turned to self-harm due to the stress of family problems.  "I literally locked myself in a room and played guitar". Depp's past has influenced his future decisions which in turn have resulted in an image created by the media but also himself.

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At age 15 his parents divorced in 1978 and his mother remarried to Robert Palmer who was an inspiration to Johnny.  He grew distant from his father and as the youngest of his siblings it was his duty to collect child support money from his father's office. It was evident Johnny had a rough childhood.

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John Christopher Depp II was born 9th June, 1963 in Owensonboro, Kentucky. His parents where John Christoper Depp and Betty Sue (Palmer). His mother was a waitress while his father was a civil engineer. He was the youngest of four.

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Birth of Jack Sparrow