Ryan Gosling's 'The Fall Guy' Under Fire For Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Joke

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt-starrer 'The Fall Guy' is facing criticism for a joke on Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.

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Updated: May 02, 2024 | 13:23 IST
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Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt-starrer 'The Fall Guy' is facing criticism for a joke on Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt-starrer 'The Fall Guy' is facing criticism for a joke on Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. In the David Leitch-directed action-comedy, Hannah Waddingham’s character, Gail Meyer ends up making a reference to Johnny Depp and Amber Heard‘s turbulent relationship. As per Hollywood Reporter, in the particular scene, Waddingham, who plays an executive producer in the movie, reportedly walks into a trailer. When she walks in, she is looking a little bit disheveled, and it is then that she tells the character of Emily Blunt, "It’s like Amber and Johnny were just in here.”

"The Fall Guy was very fun until the writers felt the need to put in a Johnny Depp and Amber Heard joke," wrote one user on X.

"the fall guy” made a distasteful “joke” about the domestic abuse amber suffered at the hands of johnny. it’s 2024, why are we writing these kinds of lines into movies? nasty work," wrote another user.

Another user wrote, "everyone should be aware that the new “comedy” movie The Fall Guy (which is getting a wide theatrical release in a few weeks) allegedly makes a cheap Amber / J*hnny joke. would love to ask the writer what he thinks is so funny about domestic violence."

For the unversed, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard got married in 2015, but their relationship came to an end 15 months later.

In 2019, Johnny Depp sued Amber Heard for defamation over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed in which she wrote about domestic violence.

The duo's intense court battle led to a media trial, and in the process, the duo ended up making bombshell allegations against each other. 

Jury ended up ruling in the favour of Johnny Depp on all three claims that he was defamed by Heard’s op-ed.

'The Fall Guy' is slated to release worldwide in theatres on Friday, May 3, 2024.

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