Overview

• Depp said Warner Bros asked him to resign “in a millisecond” and that he felt they wanted him to retire when they dropped him from the franchise.
• He recalled losing a UK libel case against The Sun days before his exit, a verdict that led to his removal after filming only one scene.
• Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen took over the role in The Secrets of Dumbledore, which grossed just over $400 million—the lowest box-office total in the Wizarding World.
• Warner Bros has since shelved further Fantastic Beasts films and is developing a Harry Potter adaptation for HBO.
• Depp is now directing the biopic Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness and will star in the upcoming action comedy Day Drinker.