Netflix released the miniseries Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard this August 16, 2023. The opportunity for the creator to reveal the reason why she did not want to interview the two main concerned within the documentary series.
The trial that the whole planet has heard about is on Netflix. Since August 16, it is possible to see a large part of the legal battle in which faced Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard. The actress known for her role as Mera in Aquaman accused her ex-husband of domestic violence in 2015. The interpreter of Jack Sparrow in the saga Pirates of the Caribbean has always denied the facts and also sued his ex-wife with the angelic face for defamation, while the facts of assault and battery against her have been proven. The verdict is ended in failure for Amber Heard, sentenced to pay more than 10 million dollars to Johnny Depp for defamation. After appealing, she finally had to give him a million dollars, which he donated to associations. Emma Cooper, the director of the documentary, was one of the millions of spectators mesmerized in front of their screens during this trial. That’s why she wanted to realize a mini-series more focused on the feelings of the public and not on what the ex-spouses exchanged.
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Why Emma Cooper didn’t want to interview Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, or their lawyers, on Netflix
As the director of Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard has varietyhis intention was to “make a relevant and interesting reflection on what happened without resorting to interviews or experts.” The series reuses the live stream of the trial and uses a large amount of YouTube comments, TikTok videos and stock footage from media that covered the trial. What she particularly wanted to address was “the conversation around the trial”. “I wanted to get away from what each other was saying inside the trial. I just really wanted to talk about us and the way we communicate, and the way we look at events that don’t really have nothing to do with our own lives” she adds.
Where to find Johnny Depp and Amber Heard on the screens after the trial?
If the professional life of one or the other has been put on hold before, during and after the trial, the projects seem to restart for the actors, especially with regard to Johnny Depp. The actor received a sublime standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival for his performance in the film Jeanne du Barry (2023) by Maïwenn. He will also be found as Johnny Puffin in Billie’s Magic World And will make the drama Modi with Riccardo Scamarcio, Pierre Niney And Al Pacino at the castingin 2024. As for Amber Heard, she left to live in Spain and made her big comeback at the Taormina Film Festival, in Sicily, in June 2023 to defend the thriller In the fire by Conor Allyn. We will also find it this year as Mera in Aquaman 2 and as Kimberly in run away with me.
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