Allegations of abuse against Johnny Depp were renewed after an episode of the Powerful Truth Angels podcast resurfaced in recent days. It featured actress Lola Glaudini recalling her experience filming the 2001 movie Blow, where the Pirates Of The Caribbean star allegedly verbally attacked her for laughing during a take.
The 52-year-old actress, who was in the background of a scene in which Johnny gave a monologue, said that she was instructed by the movie’s director Ted Demme to “burst out laughing” when Johnny said one of his lines during the take, as per Variety.
Lola recalled: “[Johnny] says his monologue. I hear the cue, and I go haha, I do a big laugh or whatever,” noting she performed the scene this way during a few other takes.
She continued: "Johnny Depp when they say cut, walks over to me, comes up to me, sticks his finger in my face and he goes, 'Who the f**k do you think you are?'"
Lola Glaudini recalled being verbally attacked by Johnny Depp on the set of the 2001 Blow movie
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“‘Who the f**k do you think you are? Shut the f**k up.
“‘I’m out here, and I’m trying to f*****g say my lines and you’re f*****g pulling focus.
“‘You f*****g idiot. Oh, now, oh now it’s not so funny?
“‘Now you can shut up? Now you can f*****g shut the f**k up?
“‘The quiet that you are right now, that’s how you f*****g stay.’”
Lola added: “First day, on the set, I’ve never met him.
“This was my first studio movie, I’ve just done indies until then.
“And I have the star who I have idolized, who I am so excited to work with, reamed me in my face.
“The only thing going through my head was, ‘Don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry.’”
Lola was in the background of a scene in which Johnny gave a monologue, and she was instructed to “burst out laughing”
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Johnny allegedly gave “a non-apology apology” to Lola upon seeing each other on set later in the day, Variety reported.
Lola revealed she had spoken to her father after Johnny allegedly yelled at her, and he told her: “You have two choices right now: you can either say f**k this, f**k you, and I’m not going to be spoken to like that, or you never let him see you sweat.”
Choosing the latter, Lola recalled the intimidating actor coming up to her: “He said, ‘You know, so earlier I was really in my head and staying in my character, I’m doing this Boston accent, and it’s really f*****g with me.
“‘So I’m a little tense and stuff.
"'So I just wanted to make sure we’re cool and everything?'"
"Who the f**k do you think you are? Shut the f**k up," Johnny allegedly told Lola
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“I just looked at him, and I was like, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about?
“‘Of course, what are you talking about? Totally cool’
“Because I was like… my dad said, ‘Don’t let them see you sweat’ so that was that.”
Lola further claimed on the podcast that director Ted “did not come over and say anything” when she allegedly got berated by Johnny and “when we wrapped, I was like a pariah.”
The Criminal Minds star revealed: “No one wanted to talk to me, because I am the b***h who he railed at.”
A representative for Johnny told Variety: “Johnny always prioritizes good working relationships with cast and crew and this recounting differs greatly from the recollection of other members on set at the time.”
Lola recalled the alleged incident in an episode of the Powerful Truth Angels podcast
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The spokesperson also pointed to Samuel Sarkar, who was credited as a sound technician on Blow and also worked with Depp on other films, including Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Chocolat.
Samuel is a seemingly close friend of the actor, who also happens to run Johnny’s Infinitum Nihil production company alongside Johnny’s sister, as per Deadline. Most recently, Samuel produced Johnny’s film Minamata along with the actor.
He told Variety in a statement regarding Lola’s story: “As a sound person, you’re constantly listening to what is going on on set, listening for noises, listening for chatter.
“In fact, specifically, I would listen to Johnny’s audio to check for interference, both during rehearsals and during the take.
“I never heard anything like that, and that would have been a remarkable event.”
Lola’s allegations come nearly three years after a series of lawsuits concluded between the 60-year-old actor and his ex-wife, Amber Heard.
"This was my first studio movie, I’ve just done indies until then," Lola said
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Johnny and the Aquaman actress were involved in a highly publicized legal battle and divorce that centered on allegations of domestic abuse, which unfolded from 2018 up until last year.
Both actors accused each other of physical and verbal abuse during their tumultuous marriage, with Johnny suing a British newspaper for libel for referring to him as a “wife-beater.” In 2020, a high-profile trial took place in London, where Johnny lost the libel case.
Subsequently, in a separate legal battle in the United States, Johnny sued Amber for defamation, and the case was settled in 2021.
Not only was the actors’ US trial broadcasted, becoming the “most viewed trial,” with a daily average of 5.5 million Americans tuning in, but last month, Netflix also released the Depp v. Heard docuseries, which followed the drawn-out battle between the former couple.
Distressing incidents were unveiled during the trial, such as Amber’s legal team presenting a collection of highly disturbing text messages that the 60-year-old actor had sent to fellow actor Paul Bettany almost a decade ago.
In these gut-churning messages, Johnny allegedly expressed a desire to “drown” the 37-year-old and then “burn her.”
You can watch Lola's segment on the podcast below:
While the most serious allegation brought on by Amber’s team involved Johnny sexually assaulting her with a liquor bottle, the Oscar-winning actor, in turn, framed his former wife as the aggressor responsible for severing his finger back in 2016.
As Johnny gained sympathy from millions of fans on the internet, as well as admirers who made the journey to physically support the actor outside the court, Amber ended up on the receiving end of online harassment and violent threats.
But public opinion seemed to sway once more in favor of Amber when, two months after the trial’s conclusion, a significant number of Johnny’s supporters crowdfunded $3,300 to make over 6,600 pages of previously sealed trial documents public.
Among the extensive records, which portrayed Johnny unfavorably in many aspects, were revelations about his legal team’s efforts to introduce nude photos of the actress as evidence.
Moreover, the unsealed documents also included text messages from Johnny’s then-assistant, which suggested he had “kicked” Amber on a flight, as well as disturbing exchanges with alleged rapist Marilyn Manson.
Despite past evidence of abuse being perpetrated by the actor, a handful of fans were defending him
