In a baffling PR misstep, Johnny Depp has likened his scenario to that of the late O.J. Simpson.
The comparability comes as Depp mounts a comeback marketing campaign that he hopes will restore his profession to its former glory.
In fact, drawing parallels between himself and one of the infamous figures in fashionable American historical past most likely wasn’t the savviest transfer at this juncture.
Johnny Depp attends the “Modì â Three Days On The Wing Of Madness” pink carpet through the nineteenth Rome Movie Competition at Auditorium Parco Della Musica on October 26, 2024 in Rome, Italy. (Photograph by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Photographs)
Johnny’s Profession Resurgence
Depp is presently attending the Rome Movie Competition, the place his new movie Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Insanity is in competitors.
And it was revealed this week that he’s signed on to star in Day Drinker, an motion comedy wherein he’ll costar with Penelope Cruz.
All of this constructive protection should be a welcome change of tempo for Depp following the controversies of the Amber Herard trial.
So it’s slightly unusual that he determined to shoot himself within the foot by mentioning O.J.
Johnny Depp attends the opening of his experiential and immersive exhibition âA Bunch of Stuffâ offered by BAUART on September 30, 2024 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Photographs for A Bunch of Stuff)
Talking with The Hollywood Reporter, Depp revealed that he finds solace in his craft. Then, for causes nobody will ever perceive, he introduced up O.J.
“It is also helpful in certain instances, especially when things are crumbling all around,” the actor defined.
“It’s bizarre to have the ability to escape, not into a personality, however it’s good to have the ability to inhabit a personality, and as every thing is in your toolbox – a few of that stuff can be utilized as obtainable stimulus.
Director Johnny Depp attends the ‘Modi, Three Days On The Wing Of Madness’ premiere through the 72nd San Sebastian Worldwide Movie Competition on the Kursaal Palace on on September 24, 2024 in San Sebastian, Spain. (Photograph by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Photographs)
“Which is great. So yeah. Everything has been… it has really, it just is. And on some level, it is gonna be around, that kind of thing. It’s like OJ or something. But hey, it just happened. That’s all.”
Look, we’ve all been there. You’re having a dialog about an thrilling new venture; issues are going easily.
And you then screw every thing up by tossing out the title of a not too long ago deceased soccer legend/accused assassin. Occurs to the most effective of us!
O.J. Simpson attends his parole listening to at Lovelock Correctional Heart July 20, 2017 in Lovelock, Nevada. (Photograph by Jason Bean-Pool/Getty Photographs)
Johnny’s New Chapter
Elsewhere within the interview, Depp revealed that he’s moved on from the trial and is able to flip over a brand new leaf, together with his new girlfriend and new enamel.
“Honestly, I can sit here this very second and think about all the hit pieces, and how everybody was against me, and yeah yeah yeah he is off the map … endless stuff. I can remember it all,” he mentioned.
“Went through it all. Some of it was not the most beautiful time, some of it was hilarious. Some of it was mad,” Depp added.
“The factor is, it merely simply was, and it merely simply is. So, for me, it occurred. I discovered, man. All the pieces that we expertise, whether or not you’re given a snow cone or strolling your canine, you be taught one thing someplace alongside the best way. So I don’t have any ailing emotions towards anybody.
We’re unsure if we comply with the snow cone half. However a minimum of it makes extra sense than the O.J. comparability!
