Johnny Depp received a warm welcome upon his arrival in Milan on Sunday, after admitting he has “no ill will” towards anyone following his bitter divorce from Amber Heard.
The Hollywood actor found himself surrounded by fans after landing in the Italian fashion capital ahead of a television interview.
Depp, 61, has emerged from something of a professional wilderness after winning his civil defamation trial against his ex-wife Heard in 2022.
The actor has since returned to work, and his five-decade career was recently recognized at the Rome Film Festival, where he was honored with a lifetime achievement award.
Arriving in Milan, Depp appeared to be in high spirits as he posed for photographs and signed autographs, before climbing into the back of a waiting car.
Johnny Depp received a warm welcome upon his arrival in Milan on Sunday, after admitting he has “no ill will” towards anyone following his bitter divorce from Amber Heard.
Depp has emerged from something of a professional wilderness after winning his civil defamation trial against his ex-wife Heard.
The actor recently admitted that he doesn’t want the “baggage” of openly resenting anyone, two years after ending his highly publicized and controversial legal war against Heard.
“Honestly, I can sit here right this second and think about all the hits, and how everyone was against me, and yeah, yeah, yeah, he’s off the map… endless things,” the troubled man recalled. 61 years old. THR on Saturday.
‘I can remember everything. I went through everything. Some things weren’t the most beautiful, others were hilarious. Some of it was crazy.
The point is that it simply was and it simply is. Then, for me, it happened. I learned, man.’
He added: “Everything we experience, whether it’s being handed a snow cone or walking your dog, you learn something somewhere along the way.”
‘So I don’t have any hard feelings towards anyone. I don’t have this great reserve of hate, because hate requires affection. Why carry that luggage?
Depp admitted that being in the “vast desert” taught him “a lot” and was relieved to disappear from playing characters on screen “especially when things are falling apart everywhere.”
‘Everything has been… it really has been, it just is. And on some level, those kinds of things will continue to exist. It’s like orange juice or something. But hey, it just happened. That’s all,’ he said.
More than 500 million people reportedly livestreamed the six-week civil defamation trial between the three-time Oscar nominee and Heard, held in Virginia’s Fairfax County Circuit Court in 2022.
Arriving in Milan, Depp appeared to be in high spirits as he posed for photos and signed autographs.
The actor flew to Milan after his five-decade career was recognized at the Rome Film Festival, where he was honored with a lifetime achievement award.
The actor climbed into the back of a waiting car after greeting fans in Milan on Monday morning.
More than 500 million people reportedly livestreamed the six-week civil defamation trial between the three-time Oscar nominee and the In the Fire actress, 38, which took place in U.S. Circuit Court. Fairfax County in Virginia in 2022.
Heard was found liable in all three defamation matters raised, while Johnny was only found liable in one of the three defamation matters raised, with his insurer ultimately disbursing more than $1 million to Depp, who pledged to donate to organizations beneficial.
And while there was no evidence that the Johnny Puff: Secret Mission actor abused anything but kitchen cabinets during the trial, there was plenty of evidence of him in the emergency room in Australia after the Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom will throw a bottle of alcohol at him. and cut off the tip of his finger.
‘They didn’t hit you; they hit you “I’m sorry I hit you like that, but I didn’t hit you,” Heard admitted in an audio recording.
Depp said he doesn’t want the “baggage” of openly resenting anyone, two years after ending his highly publicized and controversial legal war against Heard.
On Sunday, the actor appeared on Italian TV show Che Tempo Che Fa (pictured).
‘I didn’t knock you down. I was hitting you. I don’t know what my actual hand movement was. But you’re fine. I didn’t hurt you. I didn’t hit you. I was hitting you.
‘I’m not sitting here complaining about that, am I?’ Are you. That’s the difference between you and me. You’re fucking baby. You are a baby. Grow up, Johnny.
The couple was only married for 15 months before their acrimonious $7 million divorce in 2017 amid back-and-forth abuse allegations.
Depp appeared on the Italian talk show Che Tempo Che Fa in Milan on Sunday to promote his second directorial effort, Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness, alongside his cast members Riccardo Scamarcio and Antonia Desplat.
The actor told THR on Saturday: “Everything we experience, whether it’s getting ice cream or walking your dog, you learn something somewhere along the way.”
Depp admitted that being in the “vast desert” taught him “a lot” and was relieved to disappear from portraying characters on screen “especially when things are falling apart everywhere.”
The Kentucky-born rhythm guitarist gave a shout-out to his producer and cast member Al Pacino, who originally wanted to direct him on the project in 1997: “When Al Pacino talks, we listen.”
Depp’s biopic about the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, set over three days in Paris around 1916, is based on Dennis McIntyre’s 1980 three-act play Modigliani.
The actor made his directorial debut in 1997 at the helm of his poorly reviewed drama The Brave starring himself and Marlon Brando, which was never released in the United States.
‘The Braves didn’t do so well,’ admitted the interpreter of En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor.
‘I remember very well the critics’ fall for The Brave, and the only thing it did was make me understand. What do you do for a living? “You learn from that.”
In January, Depp will reunite with his two-time director Terry Gilliam to play Satan in his next film. The carnival at the end of days alongside Jeff Bridges, Adam Driver and Jason Momoa.
On October 4, he opened his first art exhibition A Bunch of Stuff, which runs through November 30 at the Starrett-Lehigh Building in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood.
Producer and star Jeanne du Barry had two children: daughter Lily-Rose, 25; and his son John III, also known as Jack, 22, during his 14-year relationship with French singer and actress Vanessa Paradis, which ended in 2012.
Heard was found liable in all three defamation matters raised, while Johnny was only found liable in one of the three defamation matters raised, with his insurer ultimately disbursing more than $1 million to Depp, who pledged to donate to organizations beneficial.
And while there was no evidence that he abused anything other than the kitchen cabinets, there was plenty of evidence that he was in the emergency room in Australia after she cut off the tip of his finger.
Depp and Heard were only married for 15 months before their bitter $7 million divorce in 2017 amid back-and-forth abuse allegations (pictured in 2015).
Depp appeared on the Italian talk show Che Tempo Che Fa in Milan on Sunday to promote his second directorial effort, Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness, alongside his cast members Riccardo Scamarcio (right) and Antonia Desplat ( right).
