Overview
- McKellen, speaking Wednesday at a New York premiere, said he “fell in love” with Depp and called him “in spankingly good form.”
- Depp plays Ebenezer Scrooge, with McKellen as Jacob Marley and Rupert Grint, Andrea Riseborough, and Tramell Tillman in key roles.
- Variety frames the casting as Depp’s return to major studio work after his last high-profile Hollywood role in 2018.
- Recent credits for Depp include the overseas independent films Minamata and Jeanne du Barry, with Day Drinker expected later this year.
- The coverage recaps legal cases that affected his career, noting a lost UK libel suit and a 2022 U.S. jury finding that both Depp and Amber Heard defamed each other.