‘Pirates 5’: Javier Bardem dodges Johnny Depp gossip, says he’s a ‘gentleman’
Actor Javier Bardem thinks that his co-star Johnny Depp “is a sensitive person,” reports GQ Magazine.
The two actors will be seen together in Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as Bardem was responding to baited questions about Depp’s problems off-set (divorce, finances etc…).
During the interview with the GQ Magazine, the 48-year-old actor said, “With Johnny, you can tell there is a very sensitive person, a man who cares about people. That hasn’t changed.”
Amber Heard last year accused the Black Mass actor of domestic abuse. Bardem also thinks that the 53-year-old actor is a “gentleman” refusing to comment on the separation/divorce proceedings, insisting that the “Johnny he knows, is a gentleman.”
“I won’t comment on these things (Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s divorce and her subsequent claims of domestic abuse) because I don’t know anything about them. But there is a world outside the film studio.”
Bardem told GQ Magazine, “(He is) an exemplary actor with a sense of comedic timing quite like no other.”
Johnny Depp married Amber Heard in a private ceremony in Los Angeles in February 2015, followed by a celebration in Depp’s private island in the Bahamas.
The couple separated after 15 months in 2016 and what followed next was a bitter battle over the final terms of divorce. Johnny Depp and Amber Heard settled their divorce case for $7 million.
Amber Heard pledged the alimony amount to two charities and Mr Depp directly donated the settlement money in a series of installments.
Amber Heard then accused Depp for using the ‘donation’ for tax deduction. She had also alleged that Depp threw a mobile phone at her face but he denied the claim.
Depp returns as Jack Sparrow and Pirates 5 will be focused on his comedic timing as the details of the adventure unfold. Joining the cast are new characters Henry Turner and Carina, played by Brenton Thwaites and Kaya Scodelario.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales also stars Bardem as Captain Salazar, a maniacal ghost pirate bent on revenge against Sparrow. Geoffrey Rush reprises his role as Captain Barbossa, Kevin McNally as Gibbs, and Stephen Graham as Scrum.
Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley also return, likely for a very short appearance as Elizabeth and Will, central figures in the first three Pirates films.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales will be released in theaters on May 26, 2017.