Helena Bonham Carter may not be supportive cancel cultureHowever, she is a frequent collaborator and friend. Johnny Depp.
The Times asked the actress if Depp, with whom she had starred in many movies, might see a revival in Hollywood after her ex-wife raised allegations of domestic abuse. Amber HeardIn a defamation trial, this summer.
“Oh, I think he’s completely vindicated,” she says of Depp, after his victory in court. “I think he’s fine now. “Totally fine.”
Bonham Carter said of Heard and the #MeToo movement that “She got on that pendulum.” That’s the problem with these things — that people will jump on the bandwagon because it’s the trend and to be the poster girl for it.”
Helena Bonham Carter stated in a new interview, that Johnny Depp, who was her frequent collaborator, felt like she had been “vindicated.”
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Bonham Carter points out that not everyone who is being tried, legally or in the court of public opinion, will get a quick return to the spotlight.
“I don’t think there’s a place for Kevin Spacey,” she said.
Bonham Carter expanded on her beliefs by expressing disdain for society judgment.
“Do you ban geniuses for their sexual activities? “There would be millions of people if you examined their personal lives enough to disqualify them.” she stated. “You can’t ban people. I loathe cancel culture. It has become quite hysterical and there’s a kind of witch-hunt and a lack of understanding.”
Helena Bonham Carter worked with Johnny Depp on many projects, many of them directed by Tim Burton.
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Bonham Carter is also a strong defender of J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” author and creator, who has been criticized. She comments on gender identity.
“If she hadn’t been the most phenomenal success, the reaction wouldn’t be so great. So I think there’s a lot of envy unfortunately and the need to tear people down that motors a lot of this canceling. Rowling was also a victim of schadenfreude,” she said.
J.K. Rowling poses with her husband Neil Murray in a photo taken in 2007 with Tim Burton, Helena Bonham Carter and Helena Bonham Carter.
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Twitter is an example of a catalyst in cancel culture, she states.
“No one is able to talk about ideas there; they become polarized and are war, and people waste hours being angry within their heads.”
Bonham Carter was Bellatrix, the role of Bellatrix in the movie adaptations Rowling’s Harry Potter series.
