{"id":179651,"date":"2025-07-09T21:52:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T21:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/09\/johnny-depp-vents-outrage-over-fantastic-beasts-firing-you-cant-hurt-me-more-than-ive-already-been-hurt\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T21:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T21:52:12","slug":"johnny-depp-vents-outrage-over-fantastic-beasts-firing-you-cant-hurt-me-more-than-ive-already-been-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/09\/johnny-depp-vents-outrage-over-fantastic-beasts-firing-you-cant-hurt-me-more-than-ive-already-been-hurt\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Depp Vents Outrage Over &#8216;Fantastic Beasts&#8217; Firing: &#8216;You Can&#8217;t Hurt Me More Than I&#8217;ve Already Been Hurt&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Even though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2022\/12\/amber-heard-announces-decision-to-settle-johnny-depp-case-actress-blasts-us-legal-system-on-instagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Johnny Depp won his defamation lawsuit<\/a> against ex-wife Amber Heard, the televised trial did massive damage to his public image.<\/p>\n<p>Depp claimed in the suit that statements Heard made in a <em>Washington Post<\/em> essay cost him millions in earnings. He cited as one example, the fact that he was fired from the Warner Bros. film <em>Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as he attempts to rebuild his reputation post-trial, Depp is offering a detailed account of that situation for the first time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174192310-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Director Johnny Depp attends the 'Modi, Three Days On The Wing Of Madness' photocall during the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival at the Kursaal Palace on September 24, 2024 in San Sebastian, Spain.\" class=\"wp-image-529654 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174192310-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174192310-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174192310-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174192310-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174192310-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174192310-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174192310-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174192310-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Director Johnny Depp attends the \u2018Modi, Three Days On The Wing Of Madness\u2019 photocall during the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival at the Kursaal Palace on September 24, 2024 in San Sebastian, Spain.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Carlos Alvarez\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-depp-was-booted-from-harry-potter-spinoff-project-following\">Depp was booted from Harry Potter spinoff project following <\/h2>\n<p>After Depp lost his 2020 libel trial against <em>The Sun<\/em>, Warner Bros. issued a statement indicating that Depp would not be reprising the role of Gellert Grindelwald, a character he portrayed in the first two <em>Fantastic Beasts<\/em> films.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohnny Depp will depart the <em>Fantastic Beasts<\/em> franchise. We thank Johnny for his work on the films to date,\u201d the studio wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He was eventually replaced by Mads Mikkelsen after just one day of filming.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Depp played ball and issued a statement of his own, one in which he claimed that stepping away from the film was hs decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of recent events, I would like to make the following short statement,\u201d Depp wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2189746733-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Johnny Depp poses during a photocall for \" mod=\"\" three=\"\" days=\"\" on=\"\" the=\"\" wing=\"\" of=\"\" madness=\"\" at=\"\" red=\"\" sea=\"\" international=\"\" film=\"\" festival=\"\" december=\"\" in=\"\" jeddah=\"\" saudi=\"\" arabia.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-529656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2189746733-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2189746733-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2189746733-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2189746733-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2189746733-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2189746733-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2189746733-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2189746733-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2189746733-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Johnny Depp poses during a photocall for \" mod=\"\" three=\"\" days=\"\" on=\"\" the=\"\" wing=\"\" of=\"\" madness=\"\" at=\"\" red=\"\" sea=\"\" international=\"\" film=\"\" festival=\"\" december=\"\" in=\"\" jeddah=\"\" saudi=\"\" arabia.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-529656 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2189746733-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2189746733-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2189746733-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2189746733-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2189746733-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2189746733-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2189746733-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2189746733-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2189746733-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Johnny Depp poses during a photocall for \u201cMod\u00c3\u00ac, Three Days on the Wing of Madness\u201d at the Red Sea International Film Festival 2024 on December 12, 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Tim P. Whitby\/Getty Images for The Red Sea International Film Festival)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFirstly, I\u2019d like to thank everybody who has gifted me with their support and loyalty. I have been humbled and moved by your many messages of love and concern, particularly over the last few days.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-depp-comes-clean-about-fantastic-beasts-outrage\">Depp comes clean about \u2018Fantastic Beasts\u2019 outrage<\/h2>\n<p>In a new interview with UK newspaper <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/films\/2025\/07\/05\/johnny-depp-i-dont-care-what-people-say-about-me\/?ICID=continue_without_subscribing_reg_first\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Telegraph<\/a><\/em>, Depp opens up for the first time about his true feelings, revealing that he thought \u201cf\u2013k you\u201d after learning he\u2019d been let go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt literally stopped in a millisecond, like, while I was doing the movie. They said we\u2019d like you to resign. But what was really in my head was they wanted me to retire,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFuck you. There\u2019s far too many of me to kill,\u201d Depp recalled thinking. \u201cIf you think you can hurt me more than I\u2019ve already been hurt you\u2019re gravely mistaken.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174249866-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Director Johnny Depp attends the 'Modi, Three Days On The Wing Of Madness' premiere during the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival at the Kursaal Palace on on September 24, 2024 in San Sebastian, Spain.\" class=\"wp-image-529655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174249866-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174249866-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174249866-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174249866-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174249866-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174249866-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174249866-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174249866-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Director Johnny Depp attends the 'Modi, Three Days On The Wing Of Madness' premiere during the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival at the Kursaal Palace on on September 24, 2024 in San Sebastian, Spain.\" class=\"wp-image-529655 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174249866-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174249866-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174249866-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174249866-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174249866-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174249866-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174249866-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2174249866-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Director Johnny Depp attends the \u2018Modi, Three Days On The Wing Of Madness\u2019 premiere during the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival at the Kursaal Palace on on September 24, 2024 in San Sebastian, Spain.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Carlos Alvarez\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Depp says that he was then \u201cshunned, dumped, booted, deep-sixed, canceled\u201d in Hollywood or \u201chowever you want to define it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These days, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/06\/johnny-depp-hoping-to-complete-career-comeback-with-sixth-pirates-of-the-caribbean-film-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Depp is working to rebuild his career<\/a> without the help of the mainstream blockbusters that made him one of the biggest stars of the 2000s.<\/p>\n<p>He starred in the French film <em>Jeanne du Barry<\/em>, and he recently completed work on <em>Modi, Three Days On The Wing Of Madness<\/em>, his first directorial effort in 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Only time will tell if audiences are willing to move on from Depp\u2019s years of scandal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/johnny-depp-vents-outrage-over-fantastic-beasts-firing-you-cant-hurt-me-more-than-ive-already-been-hurt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Even though Johnny Depp won his defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, the televised trial did massive damage to his public image. Depp claimed in the suit that statements Heard made in a Washington Post essay cost him millions in earnings. He cited as one example, the fact that he was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":179652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-179651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}