Johnny Depp is being accused of yelling at and berating his Blow co-star Lola Glaudini on the set of the 2001 film.
Lola, 52, who had the small supporting role of Rada in the film, shared her unpleasant experience of working with the actor 20 years after shooting the movie.
The actress claimed the Donnie Brasco star, 60, called her a ‘f*****g idiot’ and told her to ‘shut the f**k up’ as she spoke about the alleged incident in a recently resurfaced clip from the Powerful Truth Angels podcast.
According to Lola the trouble started after director Ted Demme instructed her to ‘burst out laughing’ after one of Johnny’s lines, but the actor didn’t take kindly to the gesture.
However, a representative for Depp denied the claims, and told Variety the actor ‘always prioritizes good working relationships with cast and crew and this recounting differs greatly from the recollection of other members on set at the time.’
Depp’s career has been plagued by controversy in recent years, following his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, after she alleged she was a victim of domestic violence during their 15-month marriage.
Johnny Depp, 60, is being accused of yelling at and berating his Blow co-star Lola Glaudini, 52, on the set of the 2001 film; (L) Depp seen in 2023, (R) Lola pictured in 2002
Lola said the actor called her a ‘f*****g idiot’ and told her to ‘shut the f**k up’ as she spoke about the alleged incident on the Powerful Truth Angels podcast earlier this year; Depp seen in a still
Lola claimed that after she laughed, Depp went on a tirade, as he berated her while sticking ‘his finger in my face.’
‘[Depp] says his monologue. I hear the cue, and I go haha, I do a big laugh or whatever. Johnny Depp, when they say cut, walks over to me, comes up to me, sticks his finger in my face and he goes, “Who the f**k do you think you are? Who the f**k do you think you are? Shut the f**k up.”‘
‘I’m out here, and I’m trying to f*****g say my lines and you’re f*****g pulling focus. You f*****g idiot,’ she recalled him telling her.
‘Oh, now, oh now it’s not so funny? Now you can shut up? Now you can f*****g shut the f**k up? The quiet that you are right now, that’s how you f*****g stay.”‘
Lola went on to say, ‘First day, on the set, I’ve never met him. This was my first studio movie, I’ve just done indies until then.’
‘And I have the star who I have idolized, who I am so excited to work with, reamed me in my face. The only thing going through my head was, “Don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry.”‘
Lola went on to state that Johnny later gave her a ‘non-apology apology,’ but she acted like nothing was wrong.
‘[Johnny] said, “You know, so earlier I was really in my head and staying in my character, I’m doing this Boston accent, and it’s really f*****g with me. So I’m a little tense and stuff. So I just wanted to make sure we’re cool and everything?’
Lola, who had the small supporting role of Rada in the film, shared her unpleasant experience of working with the actor 20 years after shooting the movie; seen in a still from the film
According to Lola it started after director Ted Demme instructed her to ‘burst out laughing’ after one of Johnny’s lines, as the actor didn’t take kindly to the gesture; seen on the podcast
‘Johnny Depp, when they say cut, walks over to me, comes up to me, sticks his finger in my face and he goes, “Who the f**k do you think you are? Who the f**k do you think you are? Shut the f**k up,”‘ she recalled him saying
He allegedly went on: ‘Oh, now, oh now it’s not so funny? Now you can shut up? Now you can f*****g shut the f**k up? The quiet that you are right now, that’s how you f*****g stay”‘
However a representative for Depp denied the allegations, and told Variety the actor ‘always prioritizes good working relationships with cast and crew and this recounting differs greatly from the recollection of other members on set at the time’; Depp seen in 2023
The biographical crime drama Blow, followed Depp, who played American cocaine kingpin George Jung (based on a real-life U.S. drug trafficker of the same name), and his narco network
He starred opposite Penelope Cruz, who played his love interest; they are seen in a still
Lola replied: ‘I just looked at him, and I was like, “I don’t know what you’re talking about? Of course, what are you talking about? Totally cool.” Because I was like… my dad said, “Don’t let them see you sweat.” So that was that,’ she shared.
She also stated that the director ‘did not come over and say anything’ when she reportedly got yelled at by Depp, and ‘when we wrapped, I was like a pariah. No one wanted to talk to me, because I am the b***h who he railed at.’
Meanwhile Depp’s representative disputed the story by pointing to Blow’s sound technician Samuel Sarkar, who also worked with the actor on films such as Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Chocolat, and co-produced Depp’s film Minamata.
Sarkar told Variety in a statement: ‘As a sound person, you’re constantly listening to what is going on on set, listening for noises, listening for chatter. In fact, specifically, I would listen to Johnny’s audio to check for interference, both during rehearsals and during the take. I never heard anything like that – and that would have been a remarkable event.’
The biographical crime drama Blow, followed Depp, who played American cocaine kingpin George Jung (based on a real-life U.S. drug trafficker of the same name), and his narco network, including Pablo Escobar and Carlos Lehder Rivas, and the Medellín Cartel.
He starred opposite Penelope Cruz, who played his love interest.
The accusations from his former co-star come two years after Depp’s defamation trial with ex-wife Amber Heard, 37, where details of their tumultuous relationship played out in court.
The accusations come two years after Depp’s defamation trial with ex-wife Amber Heard, 37, where details of their tumultuous relationship played out in court; the former pair seen in 2014
Depp received a favorable outcome at the trial, after his legal team successfully argued that Heard’s Washington Post op-ed, in which she accused her ex-husband of domestic abuse, was defamatory. He was awarded $10 million in compensatory damages.
Heard did not name Depp publicly in the piece but given their status and notoriety, it was evident who she was referencing in regard to her history of being allegedly abused.
Although Depp won $10 million in damages, the jury also ruled in favor of Heard for one of her three counterclaims.
Eventually, the former couple reached a settlement on the jury awards, and Heard was only forced to pay Depp $1 million in total, which he is said to be donating among five different charities.
