‘The Fall Guy’ has been criticized for a joke about Amber Heard and Johnny Depp’s relationship

Some viewers were shocked by a line in a David Leitch film referring to the turbulent relationship between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp.

Released in theaters on May 1 in France, the action film Scapegoat Written by David Leitch, with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, it is upsetting some viewers.

In question, a scene in which one of the characters, played by Hannah Waddingham, makes a joke about the violent relationship between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.

Scapegoat The film takes place on a movie set, and its hero, Colt Sievers, played by Ryan Gosling, is a stuntman. In the incrimination scene, producer Gail Meyer (Hannah Waddingham) walks into a very chaotic trailer and says to director Jodi Moreno (played by Emily Blunt): “It’s like Amber and Johnny just walked in.”

“Domestic violence is no joke”

This line refers to actors Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, who have accused each other of domestic violence and abuse on several occasions since their breakup in 2016, and this has sparked reactions from many netizens.

“Domestic violence is no joke. Everyone who worked on The Fall Guy should be ashamed,” says one X user. Another adds: “It’s 2024, why do we write these kinds of lines in movies.”

“The movie makes a cheap joke about Amber/J*hnny, I would ask the screenwriter what he finds funny about domestic violence,” another user adds.

A trial that received significant media coverage

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were married between 2015 and 2017, and they faced off in court in 2022 during a trial that received much media coverage, and a scene of sordid testimony about the actors’ relationship. Johnny Depp had attacked his former partner on charges of defamation by demanding $50 million for an article published in The Sun newspaper. Washington Post In 2018, she described herself as a “public figure representing domestic violence,” without mentioning the name of her ex-husband. actressAquaman He counterattacked by demanding a double.

At the end of a six-week trial, jurors in a Fairfax court in suburban Washington concluded that the former spouses had defamed each other. Amber Heard was like that Ordered to pay $10.35 million to Johnny DeppJohnny Depp was ordered to pay two million dollars to his ex-wife.

The actress then announced that she was abandoning her appeal against the court’s decision, and revealed that she had reached an agreement with Johnny Depp to reduce the amount owed to her to one million dollars.