Source : PERTHNOW NEWS
Johnny Depp has admitted he “owes” his fans after returning to the spotlight.
The 63-year-old actor is playing the title role in Ebenezer, Ti West’s fresh take on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, eight years after the beginning of his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard.
In 2022, the jury ultimately found Heard liable on all three counts of defamation against him in a 2018 Washington Post article, while Depp was also found liable on one count of defamation in Heard’s countersuit, and the couple eventually agreed a settlement in December of that year.
Asked about the fan support he received at the London premiere of Ebenezer on Monday (09.11.26) evening, he said: “There’s no way for me to explain how I feel.
“And it’s deep. These are the people who’ve supported me through thick and thin and I owe them, I owe them. They’re my bosses.”
Ebenezer is Depp’s first movie with a major US distributor since Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, marking his return to a major studio production following his legal battle with Heard.
Depp also discussed his take on Ebenezer Scrooge, admitting that Alastair Sim’s performance in 1951 is the definitive version.
He added: “I’ve seen the perfect Ebenezer Scrooge in Alastair Sim from the film from way long ago.
“So, I know that you cannot be better, but you can find a different angle inward toward the character. That’s just what I tried to do.”
Earlier this month at the New York City screening of the movie, Depp joked that he and Orlando Bloom would struggle to grow their facial hair for a return to Pirates of the Caribbean.
He told PEOPLE magazine: “Well, I think we should have a… contest of who can grow the fastest non-beard.
“‘Cause neither of us can grow a beard, I don’t think. I can’t for sure, but maybe he can. I don’t know.”
Depp previously claimed Disney had dropped him from the film franchise, in which he played Captain Jack Sparrow, and vowed never to return.
However, he recently hinted he was up for a comeback on one condition.
He told Entertainment Tonight: “If things are exactly where they need to be with regard to how they are going to top off the Pirates thing.
“The only involvement I really want to have, truly, is just to send them off on a better note.”
Depp would also be on board for a sixth Pirates of the Caribbean film or any other project if Oscar-nominated producer Jerry Bruckheimer, 83, is involved.
He said: “I’ll go to work with Bruckheimer tomorrow for anything. Doesn’t matter… if it’s Jerry, I trust him. We have deep friendship.”
In August, Bruckheimer said Depp was in talks for a sixth Pirates of the Caribbean film, on which franchise veteran Ted Elliott has been involved with the current script.
Speaking at D23, Bruckheimer told Deadline: “We’re talking with Johnny [Depp], we’re working on a screenplay, and hopefully we can get this done.”
Bloom, 49, who played Will Turner in the original trilogy, recently addressed the chances of them reuniting for a sixth Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
He told Entertainment Weekly: “I do connect with [Depp] every now and again, because he’s amazing.
“But I think, it’s like, that was so fun and it was such a zeitgeist-y thing. I mean, I don’t know how they do it or when they do it, but I haven’t heard.”
