A line of dialogue in The Fall Man is already inflicting some discourse amongst some viewers, previous to it opening in theaters.
Within the David Leitch-directed action-comedy, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, Hannah Waddingham’s character, Gail Meyer, at one level makes a reference to Johnny Depp and Amber Heard‘s turbulent relationship.
Within the scene, Waddingham, who performs an government producer within the film, reportedly walks right into a trailer whereas wanting matted and tells director Jody Moreno (Blunt), “It’s like Amber and Johnny have been simply in right here.”
Some viewers have since taken to social media to criticize the road, with one person writing on X (previously Twitter), “‘The Fall Man’ made a distasteful “joke” concerning the home abuse amber suffered by the hands of johnny. it’s 2024, why are we writing these sorts of traces into films? nasty work.”
One other social media person wrote that the movie “allegedly makes an inexpensive Amber / J*hnny joke. would like to ask the author what he thinks is so humorous about home violence.”
Depp and Heard received married in 2015, however their relationship ended 15 months later. Nonetheless, their break up grew to become extremely publicized in 2019 when Depp sued his ex-wife for defamation over a 2018 Washington Publish op-ed she wrote about home violence, although she didn’t title Depp within the article.
Following an intense courtroom battle that was additionally broadcast reside and included each actors making bombshell allegations towards one another, a jury dominated in Depp’s favor on all three claims that he was defamed by Heard’s op-ed and was awarded tens of millions in damages.
Heard additionally introduced a countersuit towards Depp, during which she received one in all three defamation claims and was awarded $2 million in damages.
The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Common Photos, The Fall Man’s distributor, for remark.
The film is about to hit theaters on Friday.