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Johnny Depp Says ‘I Was a Crash Test Dummy for #MeToo’ and ‘I Didn’t Feel Nervous’ Facing Off Against Amber Heard in Court: ‘I’ll Fight Until the Bitter F—ing End’

Johnny Depp says he has no regrets and was not nervous to battle Amber Heard in court over defamation.

Johnny Depp called himself a “crash test dummy for # MeToo ” in a sprawling new interview with The Sunday Times as he sets out to promote the U.K. theatrical release of his latest directorial effort “Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness.” Depp was referring to the allegations first leveled at him in 2016 by ex-wife Amber Heard, who accused him of domestic violence when she filed for divorce. A second and even more highly-publicized took place in the U.S. in 2022 after Depp sued Heard in 2019 for defamation over an op-ed she wrote the The Washington Post in which she referred to herself as “a figure representing domestic abuse.” The 2022 trial was live-streamed on YouTube and became an online sensation. A few years after the end of the U.S. trial, Depp is now getting the chance to come back to Hollywood by starring opposite “Blow” co-star Penelope Cruz in the Lionsgate action comedy “Day Drinker.” He told the Times about his life: “I have no regrets about anything — because, truly, what can we do about last week’s dinner?

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