Ian McKellen, Who Once Said Abusers Shouldn't Have Access To Power, Hyped Up Working With Johnny Depp

Warning: Discussion of home violence.

Well, Ian McKellen definite had immoderate opinions astir moving with Johnny Depp successful Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol.

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It's Depp's archetypal large Hollywood movie successful almost 8 years. In 2020, helium lost his libel lawsuit against The Sun successful the UK, aft they called him a "wife beater." The justice recovered that the nonfiction was "substantially true" and that 12 of the 14 alleged incidents of home unit against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, had occurred.

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In 2022, helium went to proceedings against Heard successful the US, wherever a assemblage recovered some were liable for defamation against the different — though importantly much damages were awarded to Depp, successful what was mostly considered a ineligible win. The assemblage was not sequestered and were allowed to support their phones, arsenic a bot-driven online run against Heard dominated the internet.

Depp volition beryllium playing Ebenezer Scrooge successful the upcoming Charles Dickens adaptation, which besides stars McKellen, Rupert Grint, Daisy Ridley, and Sam Claflin. It's not the lone Christmas Carol movie successful the works — successful 2025, Deadline reported that Robert Eggers volition beryllium penning and directing a version.

Speaking to Variety yesterday, McKellen said of Depp's performance, “He’s successful spankingly bully form. Effervescent, funny, irreverent, superior — each astatine the aforesaid time."

"It was a spot of a emotion fest, really. I fell successful emotion with him. He’s precise obliging to his chap actors. [There was] a fantastic feeling connected the set," helium continued.

"So that was a treat. Only six days, but good worthy it," the 86-year-old added. "I play a ghost."

McKellen antecedently faced contention successful 2019, erstwhile his words connected Kevin Spacey and Bryan Singer were interpreted arsenic a defence of their alleged abuse, claiming that it happened due to the fact that the figures were "in the closet." He past apologized for the remarks, saying, "When it comes to maltreatment by radical successful positions of power, the close effect is clear. The accusers indispensable beryllium heard and the accused fixed the accidental to wide their names. If the accusations beryllium credible, the abuser’s entree to powerfulness should beryllium removed."

Well, I'm definite the comments are astir to beryllium precise chill.

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