Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterJohnny Depp will no longer portray the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald in the “Fantastic Beasts” film franchise, the actor announced Friday.“I wish to let you know that I have been asked to resign by Warner Bros.
from my role as Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts and I have respected and agreed to that request,” he wrote Friday on Instagram.Depp’s exit from the “Harry Potter” series comes days after he lost his libel case against News Group Newspapers, publisher of The Sun, and the tabloid’s executive editor Dan Wootton over a 2018 article alleging he was a “wife beater.” Depp confirmed that he plans to appeal the ruling.Warner Bros.
Read more on variety.com