Johnny Depp has been forced out of the Fantastic Beasts movie franchise days after losing a libel case against a British tabloid that branded him a "wife beater".
Key points:
- Johnny Depp says he has "respected and agreed to" Warner Bros request he leave the Fantastic Beasts franchise
- This week, Depp lost his libel case against British tabloid The Sun, which had called him a "wife beater"
- JK Rowling has declined to comment on Depp's departure, but had previously defended his casting in 2017
The A-list actor, writing on Instagram, said AT&T Inc's Warner Bros movie studio had asked him to leave his role as villain Gellert Grindelwald.
"I have respected and agreed to that request," he said.
Warner Bros has said in a statement Depp "will depart the Fantastic Beasts franchise" and his role will be recast.
Depp had recently resumed production on the third film in the spinoff from author JK Rowling's Harry Potter saga. Warner Bros said its release date had now been pushed back from November 2021 to mid-2022.
Rowling — herself a survivor of domestic abuse — declined to comment on Depp's departure.
Depp's exit marked a relatively rare move by Hollywood to recast an actor on ethical grounds.
Kevin Spacey's role in All the Money in the World was reshot with Christopher Plummer in 2017 after Spacey was accused by more than 20 men of sexual misconduct.
Spacey has not commented since making an apology to his first accuser.
Charlie Sheen was fired in 2011 from television's top-rated Two and a Half Men after months of alcohol and drug-fuelled partying. He was replaced by Ashton Kutcher.
Depp, 57, who plans to appeal the London libel judgment, has written that his "life and career will not be defined by this moment".
The Pirates of the Caribbean star had sued the publishers of The Sun newspaper after it said he had been violent toward former wife, actor Amber Heard, 34. The newspaper also questioned his casting in the Fantastic Beasts franchise.
The three-week libel trial in July heard evidence from both Depp and Heard about a tempestuous marriage marked by violence on both sides and heavy drinking by Depp. This week, the judge ruled against Depp.
Rowling had come under fire in 2017 for casting Depp in the first Fantastic Beasts movie after initial details of his 2016 divorce from Heard were made public.
Rowling said at the time that the circumstances of the divorce were a private matter. Warner Bros also said in 2017 it supported the decision to keep Depp.
Reuters
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2020-11-07 02:39:00Z
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