Johnny Depp will reportedly be paid his full salary for Fantastic Beasts 3 despite only having filmed one scene before being asked to step down.The actor, 57, announced last week that he was asked by Warner Bros to step down from the role of Gellert Grindelwald after he lost his libel trial against The Sun’s publishers after the paper labelled him a ‘wife-beater’ of his ex-wife Amber Heard.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Johnny, like many Hollywood stars, had a ‘pay-or-play’ contract, which requires him to receive his full salary whether or not the film is made and even is he is recast.
Johnny had reportedly only shot one scene since production began in London on September 20, before the studio’s film chief Toby Emmerich made the.
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