The defamation lawsuit Johnny Depp imposed on Amber Heard has come to an end, with the result in favor of the plaintiff. With this, his faithful followers celebrate a potential return of the actor in a big way, with some projects that could already have their participation confirmed. However, fans won’t be able to get over the fact that “Pirates of the Caribbean” will continue without Jack Sparrow and his original interpreter, for now.
Depp has stated that he was fired for Disney unannounced and found out in the press. In fact, he already had plans underway to return to his iconic character for the sixth installment of the aforementioned saga, but with his abrupt departure he also came with a large lost salary.
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How much are we talking about? According to Jack Whigham (via EW), the figure would amount to US $ 22.5 million. As reported by the media, the representative of the Hollywood star “closed an agreement” with ‘The House of the Mouse’ for the aforementioned salary, but it fell apart due to the publication of Heard in 2018.
“After the opinion piece, it was impossible to get him a movie from any major studio, which is what we normally would have focused on in that time period. It’s true, we did not have a written contract, but on more than one occasion we reached verbal agreementsWhigham said.
Sparrow was not the only role that Depp had to leave behind due to the controversial case with his ex-wife, since he was also removed from the “Fantastic Animals” franchise, where he played Grindelwad, a magician who was brought to fiction by Mads Mikkelsen in the third installment, in which its good performance did not prevent the tape from being a box office failure.
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