“Pirates of the Caribbean” superstar Johnny Depp won $15 million in his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard two years ago, but their televised trial exposing the sleazy private details of their brief, stormy marriage seems to have scuttled both their lives — especially hers.
The 38-year-old “Aquaman” beauty’s pretty much washed up as far as movies go — she’s fled Tinseltown for Madrid, Spain, where she won’t be recognized while raising three-year-old daughter Oonagh, born via surrogate with no dude involved, as per Globe Magazine.
Johnny, 61, has made a few projects, but his star has dimmed, with “Pirates” bigwigs planning reboots and sequels without him. Fittingly, their wild, love-hate affair and hellish 15-month marriage is a perfect script for a juicy B-movie potboiler.
Here’s the plot: Up-and-coming bisexual actress breaks up with her gal lover of five years and hooks up with 23-years-older screen idol while they shoot a flick. They fall in love — at least he does — and three years later they get hitched. Then she suddenly lands leading roles in two major movies — in this case, “Magic Mike XXL” and “Aquaman” — probably helped by her superstar hubby. But now that she’s a bona fide leading lady, their relationship goes to hell and they divorce just 15 months after tying the knot.
In real life, following the divorce, Amber, who considers herself a warrior for women’s and LGBQ rights, trashes Johnny in a Washington Post op-ed as an abusive monster. He sues for defamation and in their real-life trial, Amber claimed Johnny was a wine-swigging lout who “verbally and physically abused her” almost daily.
Johnny said she was a violent crazy who once threw a bottle at him that broke and cut off the tip of his finger and also pooped in his bed. Cynics would call this a case of an aging star lusting over a lesbian gold digger, who latched on to him to further her career and grab big bucks.
Amber reportedly got a $7 million divorce settlement, but after Johnny’s trial win, she’s said to be worth just $500,000. Whatever the reasons Amber and Johnny had for their relationship, it blew up in their faces — and both still insist they did nothing wrong. Whatever! It was truly a marriage made in hell. No happy ending here.
Following his successful transition out of a difficult era in his life, Johnny is keeping himself occupied and attempting to maintain a healthier mental state.
In June, the actor will become 61 years old. On May 3, the period drama Jeanne du Barry, which was released in France, will be made available to audiences in the United States. The picture was the opening film at the 2023 Cannes picture Festival.
According to a source who spoke to PEOPLE, Johnny believes that he is "very excited" for more fans to watch the film, which also stars Maïwenn, who is also the director. "The entirety of the movie was shot in French. According to the source, it was a very enjoyable challenge.
In addition, Johnny is currently engaged in post-production work for the film "Modi," which stars Al Pacino and marks Johnny's return to the director's chair after an absence of more than 25 years. It was in the year 1997 when he directed the movie "The Brave," in which he also featured with Marlon Brando.
The passion project that Johnny is working on is one of the areas of his life that keeps him "in really good spirits," along with his music, painting, and other creative activities, as well as his own brand of rum that is about to be released.
"He is prioritizing his health and wellbeing much more these days. People were loving his look for the Jeanne du Barry U.K. premiere. He got a new haircut, he looked polished and clean-cut. He’s lost weight. He’s feeling and looking healthier,” the informant stated.
"He’s taking advantage of being in this better headspace. There’s a lot of good energy, and he surrounds himself with a good group of people,” it went on.
