As Johnny Depp’s extremely publicized defamation trial in opposition to Amber Heard continues to play out in courtroom, his movie, “Charlie and the Chocolate Manufacturing unit,” has seen a surge of views — propelling the movie into Netflix’s High 10.
The 2005 flick — directed by Tim Burton — discovered itself sitting at No. 8 of the streaming large’s High 10 as of Tuesday, Leisure Weekly reported.
Primarily based on Roald Dahl’s 1964 guide of the identical title, Depp stars because the eccentric chocolatier, Willy Wonka, who permits 5 kids to tour his manufacturing facility.
Burton’s adaptation got here virtually 35 years after the beloved 1971 film “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Manufacturing unit,” starring the late Gene Wilder because the title character.
Depp’s later iteration grossed greater than $475 million worldwide and acquired typically optimistic opinions regardless of a number of individuals calling Depp’s efficiency unsettling. The movie additionally stars Freddie Highmore, Helena Bonham Carter and Christopher Lee.
Wilder, nevertheless, was not a fan of the remake regardless of saying that he appreciated Depp’s efficiency.
“It’s just a few individuals sitting round pondering, ‘How can we make some more cash?’ Why else would you remake ‘Willy Wonka’?” Wilder mentioned in a 2013 interview.
“I don’t see the purpose of going again and doing it yet again.”
Wilder additionally added that the one factor that stored the sting off was the truth that “Willy Wonka” was not within the title.
Depp is presently suing his ex-wife Amber Heard, 36, for $50 million over an op-ed that was printed in 2018 within the Washington Publish the place she mentioned she was a sufferer of abuse, however didn’t title him outright. Heard has additionally filed a countersuit alleging that Depp’s authorized staff defamed her.
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