Johnny Depp Accused Hollywood Of An Anti-Johnny Boycott

In another universe, we might be hearing the words, “And the awards for Best Actor goes to…Johnny Depp!” around Oscar time. Because Johnny Depp’s latest project is a very serious, important biopic called Minamata, which is about American photojournalist W. Eugene Smith, who exposed the effects of radiation poisoning in Japan in the 1970s. It sounds like the perfect recipe for a long-awaited Oscar win, but that’s not happening, because in this universe, Johnny Depp is very much an actor who is fighting for a headline that doesn’t mention leaving movie projects, or a reminder that a court of law said it was 100% a-ok for The Sun to refer to him as a “wife beater.” The director of Minamata has accused MGM of burying the release of the film, because they don’t want to deal with any questions or press surrounding Johnny Depp. Now Johnny Depp is doing much of the same, except he’s accusing all of Hollywood of boycotting him.

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