9 h 50 min, 22 déc. 2020 ans - BUSINESS INSIDER ‘Is this the end for Johnny Depp? Insiders say he may never work in Hollywood again after losing 'wife beater' libel suit

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This initial BUSINESS INSIDER (also known as INSIDER for a while) article appeared online on 22 December 2020 with the longer headline ‘Is this the end for Johnny Depp? Christian Dior is still paying the embattled actor millions, but insiders say it will take a miracle, or a new Tim Burton movie, for him to work in Hollywood again’.

It appears to have been revised a little, received a new headline, but remained much the same when it appeared again on 29 December 2020. The South China Morning Post then reprinted it on 31 December 2020.

Unfortunately the 22 December 2020 version was not archived - only a screen shot of the original headline survives along with a reference from The Johnny Depp Zone confirming that the article did appear on 22 December.

FROM BUSINESS INSIDER:

Insiders say Johnny Depp may never work in Hollywood again after losing 'wife beater' libel suit

By Merle Ginsberg

Last month Johnny Depp lost his libel case against the British tabloid The Sun. He forfeited his role in J.K. Rowling's "Fantastic Beasts." And he's turned to Instagram for emotional support from his nearly 9 million followers.

But the movie star, in all his ruin, has managed to keep hold of his reported $5 million deal with Christian Dior men's fragrance, Sauvage.

"The French aren't easily shaken by controversy, like Americans or Brits. They love Johnny and hope this, too, will pass," a beauty marketing consultant, who's worked with Parfums Dior, told Insider.

"In more conservative markets, they just won't air it. They're waiting this out. That's why there's no official statement. Remember, Dior fired John Galliano as creative director after he went on an anti-Semitic rant in 2011. Now John's reformed and thriving at Margiela, a competing French luxury brand. One good role in a year or two could put Johnny back on top."

In a 2018 article in The Sun, which detailed Depp's tumultuous 15-month marriage to the actress Amber Heard, Depp was labeled a "wife beater." He sued the paper, and endured a 16-day trial this July, during which a trove of salacious and disturbing details were revealed regarding Depp's relationship with Heard.

Heard, who filed for divorce in 2016, said in court that she "was afraid he was going to kill me." She went on to say that when they fought, Depp would resort to "slapping, kicking, head-butting and choking me, as well as throwing me into things, pulling me by my hair, and shoving me or pushing me to the ground."

Depp countered by accusing Heard of leaving human feces in their Los Angeles penthouse bed and throwing a vodka bottle at him, which wound up severing his fingertip to the bone.

Still, it's not slowing down sales of Sauvage. The Guardian recently reported that defiant Depp fans have been buying the fragrance to support the star, after Dior aired Depp's ad during the highly rated "The Great British Bake Off."

"Dior's sticking a toe in," the beauty marketing consultant said.

The ad aired in the US this month, though late at night during commercial breaks for "The Late Late Show With James Corden" and "The Late Show With Steven Colbert."

"Dior is feeling a lot of pressure right now to do the right thing and ditch Depp," the British branding expert Jeetendr Sehdev said. "But in today's market, and particularly with millennials, silence is complicit."

'J.K. just couldn't stand up for him anymore'

Depp has always been open about his rock 'n' roll lifestyle. At this summer's trial, he said his drug repertoire started at age 11, and, in a 2018 Rolling Stone profile, Depp said his daily constant wine consumption has run as much as $30,000 to $50,000 a month.

Some Hollywood sources close to Depp are wondering if it's finally gone too far.

"The last couple years, his bad-boy brand has started to work against him," one major Hollywood studio publicist said. "It was cute even at 45. At 57 it's not. This guilty verdict taints him. The studios are now so terrified of anything related to #MeToo."

On November 6, on the heels of the verdict in favor of The Sun, Depp revealed on Instagram that he was forfeiting his role in the third installment of J.K. Rowling's "Fantastic Beasts."

"I have been asked to resign by Warner Bros. from my role as Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts and I have respected and agreed to that request," he wrote. "My life and career will not be defined by this moment."

"J.K. just couldn't stand up for him anymore," a Warner Bros. casting director told Insider. "She stood by him when Twitter protested his casting in the first movie, after 'wife beater' first came out. His career really rested on her saving him. But as a self-described victim of domestic abuse herself, she couldn't do it."

Depp will still get a considerable paycheck from Warner Bros.

"It's not a total bust," a Warner Bros. studio executive said. "Johnny's still getting $10 to $16 million for one day's work he already shot, because of his pay-or-play contract guarantees he gets paid under any circumstances. Though when it's said and done, he only keeps about $2 million. With Johnny, that's not going to last long."

'He's a guy who thinks the badder he is, the more manly'

Depp started his early career as a musician. He dropped out of high school at 16 and moved to LA with his band, The Kids. One record producer who knew Depp when he first arrived on the Hollywood music scene said he worked "hard to appear cool."

"He's a guy who thinks the badder he is, the more manly," the producer said.

In 1984 he was introduced to Nicolas Cage, who arranged for Depp to audition for "A Nightmare on Elm Street." In the horror classic, Depp's very first acting role, he played a teenager eaten by his own bed, the first of his many oddball roles. "It set sort of a precedent," the producer said, laughing.

Depp's career caught fire quickly. After the late-'80s show "21 Jump Street" turned him into a heartthrob, "Cry-Baby" and Tim Burton's "Edward Scissorhands" in the '90s helped turn him into a bona fide star.

He's had his flops, too, including when he portrayed his idol, the gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, in the movie version of Thompson's book "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," in 1998.

"His heroes are all addicts," an indie producer, who knows Depp well, said. "Hunter Thompson, Keith Richards, Warren Zevon."

Laila Nabulsi, Thompson's ex-girlfriend and the film's producer, said Thompson was the one who came up with the idea to cast Depp after meeting the star.

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