helena bonham carter Shares her thoughts on some of her controversial peers.
in a new interview with Sunday Times magazinethe 56-year-old actress said she believed Johnny DeppThe man she co-starred in in a number of films was “fully substantiated” in a six-week defamation trial. Amber Hurd Earlier this year.
“I think he’s fine now,” Bonham Carter, who told the publication after being named the first female Chancellor of the Library of London.
Bonham Carter comments months After a Virginia jury found How Hurd, 36, defamed Depp, 59, in 2018 washington post She didn’t name her ex-husband in the article, but did comment on domestic violence. was given $2 million. Both parties have appealed the judgment.
Depp used to defamation case Against Sun After being described as “hitting his wife” by a publication in 2018, a newspaper — a judge ruled it was “substantially true” in a written statement filed through the UK Department of Justice.
in a conversation with her Sunday TimesBonham Carter added that when asked if Depp’s recent incident was “a pendulum with the #MeToo pendulum coming back,” he believed Heard had “ridden that pendulum.”
“That’s the problem with these things,” Bonham Carter said.
Elsewhere in her discussion, Bonham Carter also said, Harry potter author J.K. Rowling faced in recent years.
The writer said she was first accused in June 2020 Seemed to support anti-transgender sentiment While she denied in a series of tweets that her views on feminism were transphobic, Rowling, 57, said: doubled down on her controversial position In a lengthy essay shared on her website a few days later.
Bonham Carter said of Rowling, “It’s awful. She’s saying terrible things. I think she’s cornered. People’s criticalism has gone to extremes. She acknowledges her opinions, especially. Especially if they are being abused,” he said. Rowling’s 2020 Revelation She is a domestic violence and sexual assault survivor.
“Everyone has their own trauma history and forms their own opinion from that trauma. We have to respect where people come from and their pain,” she said. “You don’t have to agree with everything. It’s insane and boring. She doesn’t mean it offensively, she’s just saying something from her own experience.”
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other Potter star including Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson When Rupert GrintHave Each objected to Rowling’s highly criticized remarks About the transgender community.
“Transgender people say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or told they are not who they say they are,” Watson said. (32 years old). wrote on twitter June 2020. “I want my transgender followers to know that I and so many people around the world see you, respect you, and love you for who you are.
When asked if she felt “ungrateful” by her castmates, Bonham Carter disagreed. I think they should, but I think they’re very aware of protecting their fan base and their generation. I do not agree to talk about the celebrities of
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