Tim Burton has always been recognized as an outsider to the world of cinema, a “strange” director par excellence, and therefore it is not surprising that he entered the field to defend two actors that have marked his career and which have found themselves in the media grinder over the past few years.
let `s talk about Johnny Depp and Paul Reubens, both once beloved but plagued by controversy and scandal. The facts regarding the first are more than known: the star of the franchise Pirates of the CaribbeanDepp’s career and reputation have been jeopardized by years of trial and cross-accusations with Amber Heard, his ex-wife who accused him of domestic violence; Reubens, best known for his role as Pee-wee Herman and who passed away at the end of July, was arrested for lewd acts at red light cinemabut his public image was also damaged by drug use and a collection of pornographic photographs discovered in his possession.
Two great stars who had fallen out of favor and had some words of encouragement from Tim Burton during an interview. Independent. To the director Edward Scissorhands A memorable scene is in which a crowd attacks a character played by Johnny Depp, a situation inspired by another famous and classic episode: “When I was a child – He said – I’ve always had this in my head the image of the angry mob in Frankenstein. I saw society like thislike an angry mob“
Negative concurrency, obviously: “We see this more and more often. It’s a really strange dynamic a human trait that I don’t like and don’t understand at all” Tim Burton then pointed the finger at the tendency to immediately jump on stars who end up caught up in scandals, without even waiting for any judicial confirmation or under the assumption of innocence.
Johnny Depp partially cleared his name by winning a libel case, but the same fate has befallen many other big names in recent years. Kevin Spaceyfor example, he was recently acquitted of sexual assault charges, but for him the road to returning to the big screen still seems terribly difficult, and the crowd is still holding pitchforks.
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Source: Independent
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