Johnny Depp has said that he owes so much to his fans for supporting him "through thick and thin".
Depp was speaking at UK premiere of his new film, Ebenezer, where he stars as the titular character in a dark fantasy adaption of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Depp plays Ebenezer Scrooge, a cold hearted and sour miser who hates Christmas until he encounters the ghosts of his past, present and future who encourage him to change his greedy ways before it is too late.
Alongside Depp, the film, also stars Rupert Grint, Sam Claflin and Tramell Tillman.
This marks a first role for Depp since his much publicised court cases with him and his ex wife, Amber Heard, which included two public trials.
In 2022, Depp sued Heard for defamation over an article which appeared in the Washington Post in 2018, where he was accused of being abusive throughout their marriage. The judge ruled in Depp's favour. The couple were married from 2015 to 2017.
Prior to this, Depp had lost a lawsuit against News Group Newspapers in the UK, owner of The Sun, after an article had described him as "wife beater", after a judge in that case had ruled the content of that article to be "substantially true".
At the premiere, Depp said: "The welcome that I’ve received - there’s no explanation".
"There’s no way for me to explain how I feel. It’s deep. These are the people who have supported me through thick and thin", he continued. "And I owe them. I owe them. They’re my bosses".
Since the high profile court cases, Johnny Depp has largely avoided the limelight.
Ebenezer, which is directed by, Ti West, will hit the cinema screens on 13 November.
In August last year, Jerry Bruckheimer, producer for the Pirates of the Caribbean, had hinted that Johnny Depp could even return to the franchise. Find out more on this story here.
