I could care less about this rich drunk.
How much less?
Posted on 05/07/2018 9:00:35 AM PDT by Red Badger
As another lawsuit hits the actor, accusing him of creating a ‘toxic’ work environment, his status as the industry’s most wanted leading man shows no sign of returning.
The descriptions sound like a typical day at sea for Captain Jack Sparrow: “volatile”, “reckless”, “vices”, “chaos”, “hurricane”.
The Pirates of the Caribbean character is, after all, a drunken pirate who sails through fiascos and misadventures.
It is Johnny Depp, however, not Sparrow, who is accused of presiding over such mayhem in a drama playing out not on screen but in court. Oh, how I loved you, Johnny Depp. Now I see the purple-tinted truth Hadley Freeman Hadley Freeman Read more
Two bodyguards made the allegations in a lawsuit this week which piled fresh acrimony on Depp’s reputation, renewing doubts over his future as Hollywood’s quirkiest and possibly most beloved leading man.
The multi-claim lawsuit over unpaid wages and working conditions detailed a lifestyle of dysfunction and chaos.
Eugene Arreola and Miguel Sanchez alleged that a “financial hurricane” and a “toxic” environment enveloped Depp’s Hollywood Hills compound from 2016.
The suit alleges: “Often times plaintiffs were forced to protect Depp from himself and his vices while in public. An incident at a local nightclub involved plaintiffs alerting Depp of illegal substances visible on his face and person while preventing onlookers from noticing Depp’s condition.”
More damning allegations can be expected if the ex-employees obtain a jury trial in Los Angeles superior court. Depp’s representatives did not respond to a request for comment over the latest allegations. Advertisement
It is a puzzle straight out of Hollywood Babylon: how can a star who has reputedly earned more than $650m struggle to pay his bills?
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
“Bizarre episodes like firing the ashes of Hunter S Thompson from a cannon (cost: $3m)”
No sympathy, here.
Guy's got a good gig. Shows up in the biggest movies of the year for bit cameos, plays a version of himself making snarky comments, walks away with millions.
I could care less about this rich drunk.
How much less?
Apparently he owes them back pay.................
Yes, I have heard him to be very personable and friendly with just about every one. He is just like us, has drug and alcohol problems and now money problems................
He’s always been down right creepy. Icky skin crawly creepy.
Life imitates art.....................
I see the two performances as “Ford vs Chevy”. I like ‘em both but for different reasons.
I have to say that the Wilder version seems oddly malevolent in a sort of “he knows what he’s doing” sort of way, while Depps is more of a “dumb giant in ‘Of mice and men’” who killed the woman and didn’t even know it was happening because, well, he’s really not all there.
i.e. the wilder character was a bit more “realistic”, if that could even apply to the character.
At least I went to a WEST Broward high school... ;-)
-PJ
I was viewing a Depp thread on another site and got to wondering if I’d seen any of his movies. So I went to the Wikipedia site and reviewed them. Thought maybe I’d seen one or two, but when I looked at the plot synopsis of them they weren’t what I thought they were. I guess I’ve not seen anyo of his movies.
Haven’t really avoided him on purpose, just the movies he makes never seem to appeal to me enough to watch. That said, I don’t go to many movies. And even fewer lately.
The ONLY good part of Murder on the Orient Express is that he died really early in the movie.
His father used to smoke pot with him when he was a kid.
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