Johnny Depp Doesn’t Feel 'Boycotted By Hollywood' Anymore: 'I’ve Had About 17 Comebacks'

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Johnny Depp is opening up about his return to the big screen after facing a “boycott” for three years. If you’ve been keeping up with the controversial actor, you may have heard he’s involved in a new film, which is said to be part of his big Hollywood comeback.

As you know, he was removed from Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore in 2020, and shunned by the better part of the industry after losing his libel case against a UK tabloid over his ex-wife Amber Heard’s “wife beater” claims the same year.

However, as pretty much the whole world knows, he WON his highly publicized defamation case last summer, and has since been inching his way back into the spotlight while attempting to rehabilitate his image.

Now, he’s addressing everything head on. While speaking at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival press conference Wednesday morning amid his film, Jeanne du Barry’s launch of the celebrated event, he candidly reflected on the rough patch he’s faced the last few years: Related: Amber Heard’s Friends SLAM Johnny Depp Lovefest At Cannes! Deadline then asked him if he still feels boycotted by Hollywood, which he previously expressed in a 2021 interview with the Sunday Times, and he shared: However, he claims to have now moved past those feelings: If that wasn’t a jab at Hollywood for shutting him out the past few years, we don’t know what is!