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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Johnny Depp interview: ‘I’m being boycotted by Hollywood’

From pin-up to pariah — can the actor make a comeback? He talks to Jonathan Dean

Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp
MIQUEL BENITEZ/GETTY IMAGES
Jonathan Dean
The Sunday Times

Johnny Depp has a new film out this week. In the opening scene his character, the real-life photographer W Eugene Smith, says, “I’m done. I’m tired. My body is older than I am. I’m always in goddam pain. I can’t trust my f***ing dick any more. Constantly in a foul mood. Even the drugs bore me.”

I ask Depp if Smith’s despair resonated with him. Depp stops. Rocks back and forth. “That’s interesting,” he replies with painful hesitation.

“I didn’t approach playing Smith in that way . . . Although you bring your toolbox to work and use what is available. Having experienced . . . ” He stops again. Depp takes any questions that might refer to his calamitous libel case last year slowly,