23 h 22 sept 2021 año - MEDIA COVERAGE 22-24 September 2021 Johnny Depp Says Cancel Culture Is So Far Out Of Hand, No One Is Safe

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Johnny Depp: "A single sentence is enough to sink you"

"No one is safe from the culture of cancellation. All you need is to be armed with the truth," defends the actor, who this Wednesday collects a controversial Donostia Award

by Oskar Belategui

Johnny Depp (Kentucky, USA, 1963) treasures a beautiful, deep and velvety voice, which has served to give life to memorable characters, from Captain Jack Sparrow of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' saga to journalist Raoul Duke in 'Fear and disgust in Las Vegas'. However, when he appears before journalists, that voice acquires almost lethargic nuances, such is the cadence that the actor prints to his answers, in which he digresses and gets lost without finishing a sentence. Of course, the fault that yesterday he spoke so slowly a few hours before collecting the most controversial Donostia Award in the history of the awards is the few hours of sleep. Depp arrived at the María Cristina hotel in San Sebastián at half past four in the morning after the plane that brought him to Biarritz detoured to Toulouse. At least, at the press conference he appeared punctually, under a cap and the usual layers of clothing and scarves that he usually wears.

The moderator of the festival did not allow any questions regarding the personal life of the actor, immersed in a legal mess with his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, who has accused him of mistreatment out of court. Only one question related to the culture of cancellation slipped, the one that has caused the actor to no longer play Captain Sparrow in Disney films. "It's a complex situation," Depp said. "Now it is judged immediately, a lot of polluted air is exhaled... Anyway I feel safe, because when you face something so amazing and overwhelmed it is something that hits you from many angles. The different movements that emerged several years ago, many of them with the best intentions, are getting out of control. I can promise you that no one is safe, neither of you nor the people outside this room."

The protagonist of 'Eduardo Manostijeras' warned about the parallel trials on social networks. "As long as someone is willing to say a single sentence, they have already hit you in the target and you have no field to solve it," he lamented. "It has not only happened to someone famous like me, but to many people, men, women and children. Sadly, we began to think that this way of acting is already normal. No one is safe. But if you're armed with the truth, it's all you need." And he recommended: "When there is an injustice against you or against another person, take a stand and do not do anything, because they need you."

Sparrow and the children

Depp thanked the Donostia Award to a festival to which he has come on a few occasions, without going any further last year as a producer of a documentary about the singer of Los Pogues, Shane MacGowan, a party companion. "I have to thank José Luis (Rebordinos), the festival workers and the mayor of the city," he said. "I was worried if my presence here would offend someone, because I don't want to offend, I just dedicate myself to making movies. Thank you for not buying what they say about me, which is false. I love San Sebastian and I respect it a lot, because it's a real film festival, where what matters are the movies and not making the ball to anyone." For the actor, who has been nominated three times for an Oscar without achieving it, the awards are "strange beasts." He hates the idea of competing with anyone, so he ironized when he knew he was the winner of Donostia: "Probably my name came out of a hat by mistake..."

His most popular character, the one who made him one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood for years, is Captain Jack Sparrow. "He will never abandon me," acknowledged the actor, who despite being fired by Disney continues to dress up as a pirate to go to hospitals to visit sick children. "I don't need any company to be Jack Sparrow, I can do it myself, and that's the greatest pleasure," he challenged. "I see the courage in the eyes of children and those parents who are almost dying from the inability to help their sick children have fun for thirty seconds... That's what Captain Jack Sparrow is about for me."

His analysis of the "Hollywood game", in which he has been "without going through the hoop" for more than thirty years, took into account the profound transformation that the audiovisual industry has undergone with the pandemic. "Hollywood is no longer what it was. I wouldn't call myself an artist, but I feel that I belong to the creative part of this business. How many repeated formulas do we need?" he wondered. "Hollywood has grotesquely underestimated the public. With the pandemic, we have all stayed at home and watched the movies we wanted. And that's not bad. For someone who earns $700 a week, going to dinner and to the movies with his wife and children is a luxury. The Hollywood movie machine has design flaws and they are now realizing it. I'm glad I did it a long time ago."

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