Johnny Deppin eräs tunnettuja rooleja oli paha velho Gellert Grindelwald elokuvasarjassa Fantastic Beasts. Depp kuitenkin siivottiin pois vauhdilla, kun näyttelijän julkinen taisto ex-vaimo Amber Heardin kanssa alkoi. Nyt vuosia myöhemmin Deppin maine on jotakuinkin putsattu, joten miten olisi kunnianpalautus Fantastic Beastissakin?
Gellert Grindelwaldin roolin peri Mads Mikkelsen elokuvaan Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, jonka Gamereactorin arvion voi lukea täältä. Mikkelsen on vihjannut, että Depp saattaa tehdä paluun entiseen rooliinsa. Asiasta kertoi Deadline.
"Obviously, well, now the course has changed—he won the suit, the court [case]—so let's see if he comes back. He might. I'm a big fan of Johnny. I think he's an amazing actor, I think he did a fantastic job. Having said that, I could not copy it. There's there was no way I could just copy it, because it's so much him. It would be creative suicide. So, we had to come up with something else, something that was mine, and build a bridge between him and me. So, yes, it was intimidating. His fans were very, very sweet, but they were also very stubborn. I didn't interact too much with them, but I could understand why they had their hearts broken."