Mads Mikkelsen Confirms That He’s Replacing Johnny Depp In “Fantastic Beasts” And Wishes Johnny Well 

A few days after a London High Court judge ruled that Johnny Depp is a “wife beater” and The Sun wasn’t committing libel when they called him that in the headline of a story about him physically attacking his ex-wife Amber Heard, Warner Bros. said to Johnny what Johnny regularly says to shampoo: “Your services are not needed.” Johnny was dropped from the Fantastic Beast movies. There was talk that Mads Mikkelsen is going to replace Johnny, and he’s now confirmed it and blew air kisses of support at Johnny. And yes, the stuffed pussy friend in that picture is judgementally thinking, “Mads, honey, do you need a check that bad? Is that why you signed up for those movies? I could’ve loaned you a few coins, girl.”

Johnny played failed Billy Idol impersonator and evil wizard Grindelwald in the first two Fantastic Beasts movies, and he shot one scene in the third one before Warner Bros. cast a GetTheFuckOutis spell on him. But while Johnny was out of a job, WB still paid him his eight-figure salary (and he’s still got his contract with Dior). While promoting his new movie Another Round during an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Mads confirmed that he’s the new Grindelwald and said that they’re trying to figure out how to transition from Johnny’s Grindelwald to his Grindelwald. Um, isn’t that Grindelwald a wizard? Can’t he just wave a wand around to magically transform him into TV’s Hannibal?!

“Well it’s going to be me, so that’s a difference. No, this is the tricky part. We’re still working it out. There has to be a bridge between what Johnny did and what I’m going to do. And at the same time, I also have to make it my own. But also we have to find a few links [to the previous version of the character] and some bridges so it doesn’t completely detach from what he’s already masterfully achieved.”

EW then asked Mads about the messy situation that led to him getting the Grindelwald job. As Mads’ publicist probably strained a butt muscle from clenching so hard, he kept it simple and only said that he wishes Johnny and Amber well:

“Job wise, it’s obviously super interesting and nice. It’s also a shocker that it came after what happened, which is just super sad. I wish both of them the best. These are sad circumstances. I hope both of them will be back in the saddle again really soon.”

That obviously won’t be the last time when a Fantastic Beasts cast member is asked about that mess. The third Fantastic Beasts movie doesn’t come out until July 14, 2022, so the cast has a long time to prepare. And their publicists have enough time to strengthen their asses through nalgas exercises so they won’t strain a butt muscle by clenching so hard when their client is asked, “So, what do you think of the Johnny Depp shit, and if you’re not comfortable with answering that, how do you feel about the transphobic shit that JK Rowling said?”

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